Archives for November 2014

Over this Thanksgiving holiday, I had a flashback to a turkey incident that my husband and little girl and I experienced back in 2007.  That was the year that I discovered something unusual was going on with my immune system; it was the year that I was told I undoubtedly had multiple sclerosis or lupus […]

On Monday evening of this week I received a text from my oldest brother, who doesn’t text me all that often; and he said something along the lines of, “It was four years ago today, right?”  At first, I had no idea what he meant.  Then, I remembered.  Back in 2010, I was admitted to […]

After our vacation at the beach this summer, I blogged about an “immortal” sea creature I had learned of during some mother/daughter “veg” time.  Well, we had more such time yesterday, and the result has been the revealing of even more deep sea marvels.  Since my little girl and I were both sick and thus […]

One night last week, as my little girl and dog and I were driving our neighbor/friend home, we saw the most spectacular sight.  And we almost missed it.  I was hurrying down the street doing what I too often do–I was thinking ahead; and thus the dinner I was in the middle of and all […]

After just having a check-up at UNC (the results of which are beyond amazing), I had to go to a local pharmacy this morning for another check-up of sorts; and I was none too happy about it. For the benefit of our insurance company (and us too I guess), my spouse and I have begun […]

Kids say the darndest things! As she was eating dinner the other night, my nine-year old daughter turned around and looked at me and said, “I’m a Rudolph, Mommy, a Rudolph!” Tears began to well up in her eyes and her bottom lip started to tremble just a little. I was shocked since she had […]