tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12269478003048019522024-03-21T11:11:54.657-07:00My life as told by me...A blog that started as a tale of life raising two crazy boys, into two amazing men now is a diary of our lives up and downs. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed sharing it with you!Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-8999160705638711492022-06-30T10:46:00.003-07:002022-06-30T10:46:44.006-07:00Never the SameI've had conversations about death all my life. When your mom dies when you are young, you get used to talking about it. You also get used to people's odd, uncomfortable, sometimes weird responses to it. If you haven't experienced a lot of loss in your life, or if you just are uncomfortable talking about death, allow me to share my two cents with you. It's never the same. Years ago at a Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-15010179657029982782020-03-18T10:22:00.001-07:002020-03-20T18:51:57.579-07:00Uncertain timesIf you live on this planet I'm sure you are aware of the state of craziness that is happening right now. I know it may all seem extreme, but let me say thank you for doing your part from the small percentage of people you are trying to save right now. From everything I've read and understand (Not an expert on any level) my home is looking at a while before we get to socialize again. I've never Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-57850031628408375592020-02-12T13:43:00.001-08:002020-02-12T13:43:16.638-08:00Fair Weather Friend
There's a common theme that keeps appearing in conversations around here, friendship. Sounds simple enough, meet someone that makes you feel good, hang out, laugh, be friends. Except its so much more. Sometimes friendships are even work. I'm not talking about the people who you feel obligated to call friends, but actual people you want to see and matter to you can require something that is Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-18866931479615729672020-01-21T20:02:00.000-08:002020-01-21T20:04:05.396-08:00ResolutionsThe year is less than one month old...did you make a resolution? Are you on track? Did you already give up? This year I didn't make a resolution and apparently this is a bold stance to some.
Yesterday I had someone ask me what my new year resolutions were and when I told her I didn't make any she said "Wow, I don't even know what kind of life you must lead to not want anything to change!" I'm Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-22151304149064784152020-01-06T21:23:00.000-08:002020-01-06T21:23:08.233-08:00Closing out 2019Since the holiday craziness is finally behind us, I guess I can officially procrastinate no longer. Let's do a Jeremy update. I guess you could say that I've perfected procrastination. Or I wanted to get through the holidays without really sinking in to our reality, but here goes. I have to go back all the way to mid October to give you a full picture that's when Jeremy had a routine pet scan to Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-41277171710784114142019-11-20T11:17:00.003-08:002019-11-21T07:04:00.535-08:00Let's talk KesemThis post is long overdue sooo here goes: There's this little place that's oh so close to my heart. So much so that I think basically everyone who knows me knows about it. Every time I've tried to write about it here I usually talk myself out of it because I don't want to feel all the things. Today I've decided is a day for feeling, so here goes, lets talk about Camp Kesem!
Kesem is a Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-24565347007707219582019-10-24T08:39:00.001-07:002019-10-24T08:39:45.803-07:00Hug them, pleaseI've written before about how I am a hugger, I was raised by huggers and I've created two more people who also are good huggers and who enjoy hugs. It's taken me awhile to realize not all children or adults like being hugged so I'm trying to become more conscious and always ask but I definitely identify as a hugger! I've loved having my boys always want to curl up for an early morning snuggle, Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-62082413554706049102019-09-26T16:06:00.001-07:002019-09-26T16:06:23.478-07:00state of tiredUsually right around Jeremy's monthly chemo I get the urge to reach out to the masses (hello if you are out there) and give an update or just a hey from Sac Town! Guess what time of the month is, chemo-time!
So today at the infusion center an older gentleman who was volunteering there playing the piano stopped to chat with us, he told us he had personal experience with the cancer center and toldJust me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-9142036733904015412019-08-28T12:44:00.001-07:002019-08-28T12:46:08.138-07:00Summers come and gone awayToday my goal is to share about all the fun we had this summer. We spent a lot of our summer surrounded by family and friends, it was truly a fun summer! The easiest way to recap it all is just to to do a photo blast, but before I do I thought I'd give a quick recap of Jeremy's latest.
As Jeremy had progressed with his treatment the side effects had continued to get more and more severe. So Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-27347827826601373542019-07-15T15:22:00.001-07:002019-07-15T15:22:43.911-07:00New normal??I keep mulling over this post... Not sure even exactly what I want to say or how I want to say it. There is a common theme though in my life right now about sharing authentically where you are in life. Usually I love sharing about my life, the good the bad and the ugly but right now I think we are all in a slump and feel like its a lot of ugly so I haven't been as eager to share. Anyhow Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-31629323827332585412019-05-04T09:34:00.002-07:002019-05-04T09:35:24.746-07:00Strength in numbersOne thing Jeremy and I have always agreed on is that we would not wish cancer on our worst enemy, so the pain of a friend calling to say, I have cancer, is beyond heartbreaking. That's the call we got early this morning. "I have cancer, how do I tell my kids?" Well Fuck!! I wanted to reach through the phone and hug and cry and hold them all. In the moment as my head is spinning for them and I'm Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-63705549707843087072019-04-22T17:18:00.001-07:002019-04-22T17:19:23.461-07:00current ponderings What might Liz be thinking about these days you may be you are asking yourself, well let me enlighten you....
As soon as I hit send on the “crushing cancer” post I feel like I jinxed myself! Or maybe I just allowed myself to be aware of the ways we are still struggling. Honestly our day to day is a whole new kind of easy, but I’m wondering if that’s just this stage of life because Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-40866354172241632012019-04-08T16:55:00.001-07:002019-04-08T16:55:31.534-07:00About last weekendThe whole point when I started blogging was always to share my real life. I've tried to keep it real with the good and the bad even though I'm a glass half full person I try to share the hard things in an effort to help everyone know no ones life is always rainbows. I know my last post was all "We are Amazing" and as much as I've started this post a few times wanting to share my story with a Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-86165537332155291712019-03-27T15:14:00.002-07:002019-03-27T15:14:33.891-07:00Crush'n it!Ok this ones going to be a humble brag, or as my nieces say a flex, albeit a weird flex, a flex nonetheless! Sooooo.......I'm writing this from a chemo infusion room, while my boys are home (probably playing video games) on spring break, tonight the boys and I have a movie date planned while papa is recovering from chemo because my family is CRUSHING this cancer game! Ok let's be real, it's takenJust me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-16890059803594522922019-02-12T21:19:00.000-08:002019-02-12T21:19:18.455-08:00Here we go again.....and again.Looks like it's time to bust out the ol' blog again... You can probably guess what that mean, here we go again. A few weeks ago we found out Jeremy has another spot and will be undergoing treatment again in the near future. We've met with the Dr once and have heard lots of "options" but as of yet he hasn't decided the best course of action. He's currently getting second opinions and Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-21573730647420195572018-09-26T14:34:00.001-07:002018-09-26T14:34:41.665-07:00Secrets and Things....Long time no chat everybody! Wish I had the time or memory to be able to catch you up on every single thing that has happened in the last year and a half but alas I don't, so let's try for a highlight reel and then move on to my current pondering's. The boys are getting incredibly big, I stare at them and wonder where the time has gone and who these young men are that are now living in my house. Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-26584254702132864152017-02-08T13:22:00.000-08:002017-02-08T13:22:10.026-08:00Let's get politicalSooooooo......... I honestly wish every aspect of my life didn't seem to revolve around political news, but alas this is our reality. I am someone who up until recently didn't put all my political beliefs out there for everyone to read, but I can't be scared anymore. This post is the hardest I've written, it scares me to lose friends by sharing my truth, it makes me uncomfortable telling Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-17767571340909065442016-08-29T21:42:00.000-07:002016-08-29T21:42:59.134-07:00Chats in the DarkHaving kids is a constant growing and changing game. Just about the time you think you have it down, the questions have all evolved. We live by the rule of honesty in our house. I honestly answer their questions and expect the same from them. We all know going in to the parenting gig some day you'll have to have "the birds and the bees" talk, but there are so many other things you'll talk about Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-24674585694186226242016-04-18T09:27:00.000-07:002016-04-18T09:27:50.031-07:00Mi FamiliaI would venture to guess if you've spent more then an afternoon with me you know how close I am to my family. They are my best friends, my confidants, my reality keepers, can't get away with shit(ers) my all around favorite people in the world. We ache together when there is heartache, we laugh together when there is joy, we party together......every time we are together and mainly all I Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-88798186954331245292016-03-24T11:25:00.000-07:002016-03-24T11:25:25.728-07:00Reality vs HopeI almost started this with the line "you are probably tired of hearing about cancer" but thought if you are then stop reading. I'm sure tired of writing about cancer. I'm 110% over living with it in my home, but somehow can never escape it's grasp on my life. So here I am writing about it one more time.
Last week was a tough one in our home, and surprisingly nothing really happened. The only Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-53383699444750223472016-01-14T10:24:00.001-08:002016-01-14T10:28:10.220-08:00Village LifeWe all know that saying: It takes a village to raise a child. I've read a couple things recently saying that wasn't so. That in today's world we don't know our neighbors, and are all so estranged from each other, but I disagree. I think maybe villages are harder to see then they once were. Back in the day a group of woman may have been tending children while another group was preparing meals for Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-5390046253889948492016-01-10T09:27:00.002-08:002016-01-10T09:27:15.715-08:00Life of fearI live my life based on fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of losing someone, fear of disappointing, fear of being left out. Somewhere in the back of my mind with every decision I make I'm afraid of something. I think this is why I've always been a sucker for peer pressure. It's easy to blame your bad decisions on someone else and you didn't get left out of the fun Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-47995089170201085142015-10-19T10:50:00.004-07:002015-10-19T11:09:09.822-07:00Real Boys CryThis weekend Jeremy and I had the joy of taking our boys to their first concert, and it was awesome. Many parts of it were just as expected. The twinkle in their eyes and the wonder on their faces was everything we were hoping. Jeremy and I have been to a few concerts and every time the boys would ask if they could go to one, so we started hunting for the right concert...we settled on Zac Brown Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-28383915478202237512015-06-10T07:59:00.000-07:002015-06-10T07:59:05.720-07:00The Other SideSo last month Jeremy completed his radiation and once again our waiting game begins. He will be rescanned in a few months, and until then we sit in limbo. I've said it a million times but geez waiting sucks! The unknown is scary, and you somehow forget how scary till you are here again. Luckily summer is upon us and we have lots of adventures planned.
Yesterday as my children were finishing Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226947800304801952.post-10644563883621657592015-05-08T15:58:00.003-07:002015-05-08T15:59:18.193-07:00Just a Kid
Recently my Sawyer has been acting differently, it's hard to put words to it, just not himself. His cheery disposition felt like it had been shoved under a rock, he wasn't always mad, but there is a sadness in his eyes that wasn't there before. At this point I don't even know what "before" means. I mean when your papa's been sick since you were four is there a before? Either way up until this Just me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264479258881516403noreply@blogger.com1