My last month with Mom === As seen on Facebook. The last month of my mom's life was shared through various ways on Facebook with my friends. You'll see videos, posts, status updates, comments, and condolences. … [Read more...]

I know that biblically speaking, the purpose of our lives are to glorify God. The cool thing about that is that we pretty much get to just be ourselves - and in the end, He is glorified through that. We leave little bits of our lives with people we meet. Some of us, leave more, some less. But we … [Read more...]

I've been immersing myself in some new creative ventures. For the most part, it's been a welcome distraction. It's not that I'm trying to be distracted, it's just that for me to sit around just feeling bad is not helpful, so I'm being creative. When I get absorbed in creation of a new project, I put … [Read more...]

Goodbye Mom --- not the journey I want to be on, but one I must travel nonetheless. Today, you stood at the door in your white night gown, hand raised in as much of a wave as you could muster, “Goodbye Girls.” You said matter-of-factly. After the door closed, I felt my body heave with pain. … [Read more...]

Many of you know my mom was diagnosed with rapid growth small cell lung cancer right around Thanksgiving of 2009. Her first round of chemo began Friday after Thanksgiving. I had the pleasure (is that an oxymoron?) of being with her in the hospital when the doctor gave her the prognosis of just a … [Read more...]

One of the most interesting aspects of life is how it just doesn't stay static - always changing - always offering new challenges. I'm not going to kid you, the last four years have been so difficult at times I was really looking forward to a time of smooth sailing. (I really was feeling like that … [Read more...]