If you’ve been around here for a while you know I had a little brother who died when he was three years old. I was sixteen at the time, and a junior in high school. My brother’s name was Christopher, and he was diagnosed with leukemia at about eighteen months old, had chemo and radiation […]
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
My charitable and oh so caring organization? You got that fucking right, Gabrielle.
Dear Gabrielle, The other day I wrote a post which was an update about a woman named Patty and her two young sons. Patty is a fairly new reader who very bravely asked for help a couple months ago. This ultimately resulted in her leaving a really unhealthy relationship and then starting a new life with […]
This is a really sad story. But I need to let it go.
My brother died almost 28 years ago on December 16th. It was 2 weeks after his 3rd birthday. And it was around this time of year that we found out he was going to die. It was around this time of year that I looked into the stands at a home swim meet and didn’t […]
New York City, here I come!!!
If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that my weight loss, fitness, and overall improvement of my health journey began in January. It started with the Lose to Win program at the Y. That was 12 weeks long. Then there was a follow up program to that, called Keep Winning. That ended […]
Gone, but not forgotten
My little brother Christopher was born in 1982. I was in 8th grade at the time. He was a surprise, and he was perfect. I was always one of those kids who wanted my mom to have another baby, so I was pretty happy to have him around. I loved to show him off. I […]