The month of love is upon us and it’s everywhere.  While this is the time of year where we are typically reminded of it every time you go into a store or see an ad, I wished we had reminders throughout the year that gave us more intention around the subject.  I have gained so… Continue reading Starting 2018 with Revelations

Well I certainly didn't have any heartache saying goodbye to 2017, though I will say it was by far my greatest year for personal growth.  I learned to let go (a lot) and be at peace with whatever lies ahead.  Our family witnessed firsthand the power of love by so many that supported us in… Continue reading Mom on a Mission

I love road trips with my family. It's always a time when we can just get away from the busyness of our every day life and just be with one another. Today we are driving up to Idaho to spent Christmas in the snow...something we miss after having been away for two years already. When… Continue reading Road tripping

Well... good news everyone. Stable disease again... woohoo! Ideally we would have loved to have seen shrinkage, but hey, I am not going to be greedy at this point. Slow and steady wins the race... right? The scan showed basically no change in the size of the tumors and no new sites of disease. The… Continue reading The Tides are Changing

I am on a plane heading back to Stanford for my 3 month PET scan. It's hard to believe how quickly time has passed...time flies when you're having fun and that couldn't be more true, because this last month has been a lot of fun. Trinity had her holiday dance showcase and performed at a… Continue reading Back to Stanford

Happy Thanksgiving! I can honestly say that this year's holiday meant more to me than any other Thanksgiving Day in my life. I have lived through the hardest year of my life, and yet I am feeling more thankful now than I ever have. I guess when one faces low points in their lives, they… Continue reading Giving Thanks

I have never been so excited to update my blog as I am today.  Yesterday was "Scan Day", my two month CT scan to see how much the tumors had progressed.  After last month's disappointing PET Scan which showed no change in the tumors after the CAR-T cell therapy, it would be an understatement to… Continue reading Finally…Good News!

  It was one year ago today that we received my formal cancer diagnosis.  I couldn’t have scripted a more interesting cancer journey full of so many ups and downs.  I have been so busy these last two weeks engrossed in the most amazing “normalcy” that I have ever experienced.  I am so grateful that… Continue reading Year One Down

It's been almost a week since we got the wind taken completely out of our sails.  Thank you for being patient as I know you have been wondering about the PET scan results.  What we hoped and prayed for so fervently, did not happen.  The tumors were almost exactly the same size. No shrinkage. Not… Continue reading Finding Hope Again

Good morning! I have said that phrase countless times in my life so automatically and sometimes without the attitude that goes along with that sentiment, but today I most definitely mean it because it is a good morning, in fact... it's a Great Morning!  I changed my bitmoji (it's a snapchat digital version of myself)… Continue reading It’s All Good