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Many readers and Ds community members understandably wanted to know more about symptoms to watch out for in leukemia after my last post on this vile scourge. Mama Lisa stepped in with some tips: Signs and symptoms for leukemia… Ongoing feverSmall purple or red freckles on the torso, arms, or diaper area (also known as [...]
Most all of you contributed last year to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society last year, as a part of the run that I was doing in honor of Oliver. Do you remember that? I found out that I was pregnant shortly after committing myself to the endeavor and it was hell on earth a challenge [...]
I'm going to come clean here: When I first saw "Moxie Dolls", I shuddered. I think it was the use of "z" in "girlz", I think it was the bright packaging. I'm not sure. I think it was the "z". But whatever it was, it was a classic case of prejudice – I hadn't [...]
I was 34 years old, on a bus in Peru, riding on the Pan American Highway to Chile. My friend Dreama was sleeping next to me, along with most of the other passengers. It was around 2 in the morning, the stars were so bright outside that even though I was looking at them through [...]
You didn’t ask me to take on a cause. You didn’t ask me to decide to learn to run in my first trimester of pregnancy and raise $2,400 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Those of you within the Down syndrome community think that since it’s not about orphans and it doesn’t have “Down syndrome” [...]
Blogging is a lot like running, Really, seriously alike. I think they are soul sisters or something. Of course you can just focus on the tiny details like the fact that one is done while sitting on your ass and the other done while moving your ass and so, how could they possible be “soul [...]
I am running a half marathon on May 6 in honor of Oliver, a small boy with Down syndrome who is currently fighting leukemia. Please visit his Caring Bridge page – and lend his family support, your prayers and your love. You can also sign up for email updates on his progress and you can [...]
I am running a half marathon on May 6 in honor of Oliver, a small boy with Down syndrome who is currently fighting leukemia. Please visit his Caring Bridge page – and lend his family support, your prayers and your love. You can also sign up for email updates on his progress and you can [...]
I am running a half marathon on May 6 in honor of Oliver, a small boy with Down syndrome who is currently fighting leukemia. Please visit his Caring Bridge page – and lend his family support, your prayers and your love. You can also sign up for email updates on his progress and you can [...]
Having committed to running a half marathon for the Team in Training, I am faced with the reality of training myself to actually perform the run. This is the funny part, kind of. You see, many people say, “oh, I can’t run” and then they jog around a track like, 6 times. Or they say, [...]
