The first few weeks of January are important days for our family because they mark the anniversary of the days leading up to Sarah’s bone marrow transplant and the transplant itself.  (She was in the hospital a total of twenty-eight days during January 2003 with her actual transplant day on January 10.) Since my mind was on her transplant when I woke up this morning,…

Happily (as you’ve probably already noticed), Smithellaneous is back up and running after almost five days of being largely offline. Unfortunately, while the blog is feeling spry, I am home sick with lingering, general yuckiness.  (Laryngitis, sore throat, hacking cough, fatigue—all that fun stuff.)…

Today I have a whole new set of photos that didn’t make the finals.  Enjoy!…

Steve took Nathan, Meagan, and Noah to the airport at 4:45 this morning; they left me sniffling and crying in their wake. It’s hard enough to say goodbye to adult children that you love; however, if  said adults also take with them a handsome, precious 10-week old charmer—well, tears are about the only response I could come up with.…