Our beautiful Indy Llew returned to heaven after a brave and valiant journey with cancer. Her soul was peacefully called home as she was surrounded by those who love her most. She opened her big brown eyes and looked right in to her mothers, as she took her last breath at 11:11 pm.Indys life was […]
Indy Llew
The Second Awakening
January 26, 2018. “They have a bed ready for you in room 4406. That’s going to be up on the fourth floor, off the elevators to your left, on the cancer transplant unit”. The cancer transplant unit. The cancer unit. CANCER. I stared back at the registration clerk blankly. Thoughts rushed through my head in […]
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The home that holds my heart // Lifestyle Video
The home we moved from in June holds so much of my heart. It was my dream- a little old cottage on the east side that we fixed up and made our own. That home of ours holds our deepest sorrows and our greatest JOYS! So many ‘firsts’ were lived there. So many happy memories […]
Dear Terah.
Dear Terah, Your road to becoming a mother will be difficult. You will struggle for 5 years to get pregnant, see many doctors, and go through many procedures. Your heart will break over & over, but I will put it back together. Infertility will shape you into who I need you to be. Then […]
Myelodysplastic syndrome & Indy’s prognosis.
Indy was admitted to the hospital February 16, 2018 for treatment of Myelodysplastic syndrome- a disease of the bone marrow that causes abnormal production of blood cells including white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. It manifests much like leukemia in a child with Down syndrome, and the treatment course is the same as […]
In every detail, in every thought.
Living in a hospital room for months at a time… oh boy. It is hard. The morning after we were admitted, I looked around that square room in all its empty, boring glory, and knew we needed to make things feel warm & bright if we were going to survive our first month, and each […]
Life giving foods & Indys Detox smoothie
Smoothies are one of the best ways to pack a huge nutritional punch into one cup. I have given Indy powerhouse smoothies since she first started taking solids. Now that we are fighting atypical cells and going through heavy duty chemotherapy, excellent nutrition is more important than ever. Indy gets a detox smoothie every day […]
A special grandma for a special girl.
Indy’s grandma Kat, my mother, is a very special lady. When trying to put a description of her into words the first thing that comes to mind whimsical. To be whimsical is to be “playfully quaint or fanciful, in an appealing way. Imaginative. ‘Fantastical’.” I didn’t know fantastical was even a word but it describes […]
The happiest time of year, & the best time to be a kid.
[This post is sponsored by Gymboree. We are so happy they asked us to be a part of their Holiday campaign- it means so much that they want Indy to be a part of their advertising. Thank you Gymboree!] Do you remember the excitement & wonder, the magic & awe, the happy spirit of the […]
Bloom where you are planted, and then bloom again.
Throughout my life I have owned several orchid plants. They are beautiful, low maintenance, and the variety of sizes makes them very versatile. They make wonderful gifts, and I have been the recipient of a number of heartfelt orchid gifting’s. There is one problem I have with Orchid’s though. I can never get them to […]