I Like Dad

Happy Father’s Day Dad
Happy Father’s Day Mike
and, of course,
Happy Father’s Day to my one and only.
Axel, I like the way you think.

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Southbound


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For the Greater Good


Who is this Motley Crew?

They are the ring leaders of the Renaissance ELOB, Caps for Cancer fundraiser.  
After hearing about the cool kids at Byers Elementary School and their mad fundraising skills, (THANKS BYERS!!!) Spencer and Axel decided to take this great idea to their school.
On the last day of classes, our Renaissance family raised $756.74 for the families on the 7th floor at 
The Children’s Hospital.  We will be delivering gift cards for the hospital cafeteria, in hopes of filling the bellies and weary souls of dads and moms, brothers and sisters, and of course, the kiddos fighting cancer.
I’m so proud of these kids and the generosity of our community.  A thousand thanks to all my girls for helping out.  Renaissance Rocks!
Here is another Awesome opportunity to help out the Children’s Hospital Oncology floor in Tuesday’s honor.  Check out Miles For Tuesday.  The Oncology floor is always filled to capacity.  New children diagnosed all the time.  Children still in the fight, recently relapsed and, occasionally, thank God, finishing up their last week of treatment.  (YEA ELLIE!!!!!!!!!!)  They need our help.
Bill and Jen, we can’t thank you enough.  Charley works for the greatest people and the greatest company around.  We love you guys!
Our little girl continues to inspire people for the greater good.  What an honor.  Man, I miss her.
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Where do we go? Where do we go now? Where do we go?

I keep moving forward but it doesn’t feel like I’m getting anywhere. Time is moving on and I don’t feel like I’m any further ahead. I’m breathing. Breathing. But sometimes I find myself holding my breath.
I’m still reeling from Mother’s Day. Wasn’t that ages ago? I still have not resurfaced. I’m standing on shaky ground. My Instinct, extinct. I don’t trust my gut and that feels so uncomfortable and unfamiliar.

Is that a new bruise?
Why is she so clingy?
Headache? He doesn’t ever get headaches.
What’s with the dark circles under her eyes?
Fuck
Am I making all this up?

And that’s just my baseline. Totally preoccupied with, mostly, Piper’s health, which is Totally fine, might I add, and then all the other firsts and nexts that I’m tackling daily. I’m just pretty much on the edge. But then once I get going I somehow manage to keep going. Just not sure where we go now that we are here.
And if this all sounds like rambling craziness then welcome to my world.


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Important statistics



Maybe you will laugh as hard as I did. Maybe you needed to laugh as hard as I did. Maybe you won’t understand what any of these things mean and that makes you laugh. Either way, I hope you laugh, and if you do, send that laughter our way. We need it.


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