Hey cancer…
On October 17, 2017 by Michelle Love***Language warning*** I wrote this when I was very, very angry at everything, at the world, at things I can’t seem to fight, things that keep trying to destroy anything good. I wasn’t going to post it, because I don’t use these words in a normal situation. But this situation isn’t normal, is it? It’s Read More
Another loss, another Sunday
On October 17, 2017 by Michelle LoveBreaks my heart for Dalton’s family, knowing the new version of darkness they’re in now. He passed away on Sunday, October 15. Please pray that they feel the love surrounding them. The first days are such a blur, with making plans and then comes the quiet… Where you feel the emptiness everywhere you go. You Read More
Never Enough
On October 16, 2017 by Michelle LoveJust a little longer, just one more story, just one more hug…. Because it will never be enough. #BJStrong #Love Read More
I wish it were all a very bad dream
On September 26, 2017 by Michelle LoveSometimes it just really seems like a bad dream…. #childhoodcancerawareness #BJStrong #giveblood #goGold #morethan4#childhoodleukemia #standfirmwarrior Read More
5-years since diagnosis
On September 13, 2017 by Michelle Love  5 years ago today, I was told that my child had cancer… The *most curable* type of childhood cancer – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  Immediately after being admitted to the hospital, he received his first blood transfusion. If you’ve never witnessed the change in a person with a desperate need for blood, I Read More
Sunshine
On September 13, 2017 by Michelle LoveYou are my sun-shine. One-half of my sun-shine. You make me hap-py… When skies are gray. You’ll never know, Dear….. How. much. I. love. you….. * #BJStrong #CureForBJRound2 #why #2amTears #childhoodcancerawareness #morethan4 #missingyouBJ #standfirmwarrior Read More
We Got Options
On September 12, 2017 by Michelle LoveNeed motivation? Look no further than what lies in these 9 words. “We’ve got options….And who knows what will happen” Positivity in the face of death. 14 years old…He woke up from a certain hell in the PICU at Duke. Couldn’t speak due to medication side effects. Lines connected in his chest, both hands, wrists, Read More
18 months and the war continues
On September 7, 2017 by Michelle LoveBJ left us 18 months ago. I really never thought that I would have had to be here without him for this long. (Read whatever you want into that.) It’s been hell. There have been some good days sprinkled in over the past 18 months, but this grief overshadows everything. I’ve been happy at times, Read More
The Gap by Michael Crenlinsten
On September 6, 2017 by Michelle LoveThe gap between those who have lost children and those who have not is profoundly difficult to bridge. No one, whose children are well and intact, can be expected to understand what parents who have lost children have absorbed, what they bear. Our child now comes to us through every blade of grass, every crack in the sidewalk, every bowl of breakfast cereal, every kid on Read More
Another Sunday, Another Loss
On August 20, 2017 by Michelle LoveVery early this morning, I learned that another young man had passed after complications secondary to radiation he had years ago. Roman was in BJ’s class at NLHS and we got to know him and his mom while we were at LCH together. He always had a big smile every time we saw him, even Read More
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