This month marks one year since we lost dad. We’ve officially made it through all the firsts — Father’s Day, our first trip back to the beach, Thanksgiving, his birthday, Christmas and many more events and holidays. Not a day goes by that my heart doesn’t feel the pang of sorrow when I want …
Dads Cancer Journey
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was November 30, 2014 — my dad’s 57th birthday. I called to wish him the happiest day ever. But it wasn’t the happiest day ever. In fact, it was the worst day of my life (at that point) and in a matter of minutes my entire world …
On Sunday night, February 3, dad was welcomed to Paradise with Jesus. We celebrated his life earlier this week and it could not have been more beautiful and perfect just for him. The night before the service mom gave us letters dad had written to each of us, along with matching necklaces for his girls …
Skipping the usual Five on Friday today to share an update on Dad. I’m on the first flight out this morning to Orlando to get back as soon as I possibly could to spend more time with him — this time alone. We drove the kids down to see my dad last weekend. We’ve had …
We had a great weekend in Florida. It was so nice to get home and spend some time with our family. A lot of you checked in asking about dad. Thank you. You are all so sweet to think of him and we can’t tell you how much we appreciate all of the prayers. The …
We spent last weekend in Florida! This time last year I wouldn’t have believed you if you said that in a year we would be spending a day at the beach with dad. I will never forget my mom sitting us all down together a year ago to share the news that dad would be …
We had a great Memorial Day weekend in Florida! Friday: We decided to drive this trip which we always say we’ll never do again after every loooooong drive back home to Charlotte, but we survived thanks to Matt’s creativity with a new DVD player set up that didn’t require me to crawl into the backseat …
I hope I can get through this post without tears welling up in my eyes for the 100th time in the past few days. Back in July, when the doctors estimated that Dad had up to 2-3 months with us, we never expected him to make it to Labor Day, or Mom’s birthday, or Halloween, …
Hello, from the car! We are en route back to Charlotte after 5 days home in Florida! Home was…good. And hard, per usual. Dad is doing fantastic, which you would think would be cause for celebration — and it is! He has been sleeping in his own bed next to mom instead of our living …
We just returned home from another wonderful weekend at home in Florida. This trip was much different from our last visit a few weeks ago. A huge blessing, Dad has had a burst of improvement, which I’ve been told is not uncommon for cancer patients once the chemo leaves their body. As a result he …
Wow. I am SO sorry I left y’all with such a cliffhanger and then disappeared for a few weeks (& thank you to everyone who has reached out to check on me. It really means so much). Life has been an absolute whirlwind since my last update… A short version of a very long and …
We hit a few more bumps in the road over the weekend. I’m trying really, really hard to stay positive and focus on the blessings around us during such a dark and frustrating time in our lives. Friday night Charlie started dry heaving really bad. We were up with him all night trying to comfort and calm …