Blogs Posts on "The Cancer Life"

Three years by Hope4Peyton on Jul 13, 2009Today marks three years to the day that Peyton was diagnosed with Leukemia. Our most craptastic anniversary. Over the past 36 months, I’ve kept a Bible verse in the header of this site. It was three years TODAY that verse came into my life. I w...

My little SuperGirl! by Hope4Peyton on Jul 1, 2009I was going to write this whole post and leave a little added blurb about Peyton’s clinic visit today. But it deserved space all it’s own. Counts were INCREDIBLE!! Still cancer free. Possibly the best three words ever. I so want to get...

A guilty mother’s work is never done by Hope4Peyton on Jun 29, 2009My worries about Peyton’s upcoming clinic visit and my excitement about the upcoming trip to Chicago for BlogHer collided in my dreams. I dreamed that she relapsed and I couldn’t go on my trip. I was suddenly plunged back into the world o...

In Memoriam by Hope4Peyton on Jun 21, 2009Father’s Day….a day to send love to my father, Peter’s father, and Pete…to grandfathers and uncles, cousins and friends. But also a day to send love to some other fathers I love who will be hurting on this day…this day m...

Reminders are everywhere by Hope4Peyton on May 19, 2009“I HATE this game!!” I *would* say that such vehement declarations are a rarity in my house, but I think that we all know that the child of the person who once told a stranger at Target that if she didn’t stop staring at my bald kid...

Now I really have no excuse! by Hope4Peyton on May 18, 2009Blog and you shall receive. (Oh, hello, Frigidaire, I would love to be a Test Drive Mom, feel free to ask!!!) However, my granted wish may not be so full of the OOOOOHHHH, WHOA! factor, yet it does come with it’s own special brand of YAY! Becau...

Leukemia for Dummies by Hope4Peyton on Apr 23, 2009You know, it’s been a while since I did this, but there has been a sudden influx of new readers who may not know what the big deal is about all the follow up angst I suffer with each monthly oncology visit for Peyton. So, here’s a quick &...

Do I have to have a reason? by Hope4Peyton on Mar 31, 2009Why do I blog?? It’s a question that’s been floating around, asking people to define the reasons what drives them to share so much of themselves to the Internet….to bare your soul to strangers. It’s probably been floating ar...