Author: nicole

Please enjoy the following music while we continue to determine the severity of your cancer…

(Think Jeopady) da da da da, da da duh. da da da da DA da da duh da da.

Warning: Do not read this while eating. Or if you have an aversion to juvenile humor.

Sigmund Freud would have a field day with my dreams, and last night totally capped it off.

First, let me say, I am heading to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia today to spend some time with the kids.

Second, this is the day I am anticipating getting ... Read More

“You’ve done a lot of acts of kindness today, Mom.” I seriously cannot get anything past my 11 year old daughter.

I had just hopped back in the car with a Diet Mountain Dew that I picked up at the gas station for a neighbor.

“What do you mean, Jo?” I honestly couldn’t think of any act of kindness I had done ... Read More

“No more homework! No more books! No more teachers’ dirty looks!” With apologies to all of my teacher friends out there, does anyone else remember singing this song on the last day of school?

So I was just thinking of things this morning that I am grateful for and a sweet memory started walking across my mind.

About a week ago, just after we had told everyone I have cancer, I had 3 little boys sitting at my kitchen table. Marcus, Brody and my son, Charlie. All three are in third grade and all three ... Read More

There are two ways to live. One is as if nothing were a miracle. The other is as if everything were a miracle.

I’ve always been a miracle sort of girl. It’s like a game to me, to try and find God in all the details of my life. But all of a sudden, it’s seems less like a game and ... Read More

Saul and I are at THE JAMES. Don’t you just love that huge, imposing name? THE JAMES. It’s a cancer center in Columbus and based on the people around here who know about THE JAMES, this clinic has a lot of experience dealing with cancer.

I made the receptionist cry. She had the most beautiful smile and radiant spirit. So I ... Read More

I head to The James Cancer Center tomorrow. I really don’t know what to expect. I suspect the doctors will do more tests and then I’ll be sent home to love up on my family while we wait for results. There is a part of me that wonders if maybe they will do the biopsy and find out there is ... Read More

I just went on the second tallest roller coaster in the WORLD! Saul brought us all to Cleveland for the Memorial Day weekend. It’s part of our philosophy that if we just keep moving, we won’t have time to think about cancer. I like that philosophy. I keep thinking maybe cancer won’t be able to find us if we ... Read More

I got invited to a new friend’s house for dinner the other day. She has boys the same age as my 5-year-old son, Ben. Twin boys. Yikes.

This fall, Ben and the twins will part ways as they head to different schools for kindergarten, so we got our ... Read More