Just a mom with something to share !

Humbled!!     To know what it’s like to walk in another person’s shoes! That will be the meaning of this blog this week. On Facebook and social media I share and like many positive posts and quotes because the brighter outlook has always been by path. If you truly know me as a friend or co-worker you know this about me. Today, I was enlightened by a family at the airport, Why? Because not once but twice I have walked in their shoes.… How you ask?? Let me share.. Today as I sit at the airport in Texas, I could not help but to notice a family with Make A Wish on their shirts and a child wearing the famous blue shirt and badge, just like the one my Rachel once wore 10 years ago. It is amazing how for some vacations are a memory of pleasure and joy. For my family and I it was break from the suffering. A reminder of cancer, struggles and the pain our baby had suffered in order to get that blue shirt. The Make A Wish trip was the awesome focal point to the end o...

Count your blessings !!  What does "Count your blessings" really mean to all of us? What does "Count your blessings" mean to you? Your happiness ? Goals accomplished ? A good health report ? A positive work experience? Love ? Support ? Your pet ? Let me tell you what it means to me!! I am only human so at times I feel sorry for myself as we all do. But then I think I need to "Count my blessings" . These are my blessings..   My Health,  I am healthy enough to enjoy the warm Florida sunshine, the love of my family and all my pets both furry and feathered. On my own, at my own will, I do not need help from others to do all of these things. My Goals, I have my mind and body, enough of both to set and achieve goals.Again, I am only human and sometimes I set goals and do not achieve them but either way I am blessed enough to be able to do both. Ability to work, We all have the dreams about being rich and not working for others. But how about be...

Well I know it has been 2 months..So much for my daily blog!  I will shoot for weekly blog posts because that is much more realistic. After a much crazy month, I think I am ready to get back at it. So here I go!! Let's start with Happiness.. What defines happiness?? This is different for everyone. Why? Happiness is based on perspective, life situations, health situations, or it can be a financial situations. It is up to you.. It's your happiness, right? Now for me it has always been the chase for financial freedom, that so called freedom that comes from the financial rewards of working hard and doing the very best job you can do. But, is that really what I need to find my happiness? I have questioned my skills, my abilities, and even my thought processes. And guess what!  I landed an awesome job with a great company who make me feel like family. I am financially rewarded and respected but it didn't make me as happy as I thought it would. Why?? Is there something wrong...

Good Evening... Blown away that my first blog post was read almost 800 times... I apologize for not posting last night as promised. I had a dental visit that lasted 4 hours long. I had just begun to fix my teeth when the stupid cancer struck again at my house so I am just trying to get caught back up. I had read sometime in 2006 that metal fillings were not good and contained mercury. Let me tell you my mouth was full of metal, so prior to Rachel getting sick I was on a mission to have them removed and switched to white or composite resin. On this journey of tooth repair I had to stop because at that time Rachel's health and well being was my main focus. Besides that the little money we had left over after Rachel medical bills couldn't be wasted on me or my teeth. That was silly...or was I silly for not trying to continue to take care of me?? Little did I know way back in 2006 when I was reading about the Mercury in my fillings, these metal fillings were taking my Thyroid...

Where to begin !! I would first like to start by saying I am just a mom with 2 kids that have had cancer and I have recently had to battle it myself. . I wanted to share my past journey as well as my future plan. I am not a blogger and I have never taken the time to express my own thoughts like this before. But here I go, my past journey started in the first half of 2007 . My daughter Rachel who was 12 years old at the time had been ill. Test after test and doctor appointment after doctors appointment only to find out she had Hodgkin's Lymphoma. As my blog continues I will go into deeper details as to how we discovered it and why. Zip ahead 5 years to 2012 my daughter is just found to be 5 years clean of this terrible disease and my son Nathan was diagnosed with Brain Cancer he was 13 years old. As my blog continues I will go into deeper details as how we discovered his and why. Then guess what like clockwork fast forward 5 years and poof February of 2017 I was diagnosed...