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“I Do Feel You Have A Good Shot.”

January 17, 2019 by not your average mom 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: Ironman, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, team in training, triathlon

My charitable and oh so caring organization? You got that fucking right, Gabrielle.

February 15, 2015 by not your average mom 24 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: a New Beginning for Patty, Go Fund Me.com, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Swim Across America, team in training

This is a really sad story. But I need to let it go.

October 17, 2013 by not your average mom 8 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, LLS, team in training

New York City, here I come!!!

June 17, 2013 by not your average mom 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, NYC triathalon, team in training

Gone, but not forgotten

June 8, 2012 by not your average mom 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, NYC triathalon, team in training

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