In yesterday’s post, I alluded to the fact that we’d been through a hard week. Really hard. It started last Thursday when Sarah started complaining of headaches, dizziness and fatigue; although she is someone who rarely naps, she took several naps over the course of a couple of days. She was also noticeably pale and had developed dark circles under her eyes. After she had…

Here are a couple of texts between Steve and me this morning: Me: What is the name of the flower that is blooming in our front yard right now? Steve: If it’s yellow, I think it is a Jonquil.  Not sure of the spelling.  Its beauty reminds me of you, my Dulcet Darling. All together now: “Awwwwwwwww!”…

I’m leaving the house tomorrow at 5:45 a.m. so I’ll go ahead and get my Monday post written today. The reason for my early morning journey is to pay yet another visit to my rheumatologist  who will be starting me on an Orencia infusion. The Remicade didn’t do a whole lot for me so I’m hoping for good results from a different med. While I’ve…

Monday morning, Steve and I drove four hours to Chapel Hill, NC  where Kelly, a woman who attends our church, was having surgery to give one of her kidneys to her 6-year old daughter, Sophie. Is she cute, or what?…