Christopher’s 11 Birthday: Thoughts on Being a Sorority Girl
When I went to Va Tech I was truly blessed. I had the privilege of becoming a Hokie and meeting an incredible man and living for four years under the peaceful orange and maroon skies. Besides all of those wonderful blessings, I got to become...
Read MoreChristopher’s Silence
The one thing we insisted on after Christopher died was silence. When we went shopping for his burial plot the sales people treated us like we were picking out a car. The showed us the “volkswagon” plots as they called it, but we ultimately decided...
Read MoreElmo Sitting at the Feet of Jesus
Beneath the historic dome at Johns Hopkins stands a 10 ½ foot marble statue of Jesus. It has sat there since 1896 and has served as a symbol of hope and strength for people. Patients go and sit at the feet...
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Pompeii Purple
Pompeii Purple. It has served me well, we have been through a lot together. The most wonderful thing when you have are going to have a baby and have a planned C-section is the opportunity to have one’s leg’s shaved and toes polished. It is the...
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Happy Transplant Birthday!!! 10 Years Ago
Ten years ago today, we had hope. We had everything. We were going to survive. We had put our baby through tortuous days of chemotherapy. We had put poison (chemotherapy) into Christopher’s little body ...
Read MoreDedication to Katie and Andrew on Christopher’s 7th Birthday
Christopher the Caterpillar Became a Butterfly Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly Anonymous Once upon a time, there was a beautiful little boy named Christopher. He was a special little boy because his mama had a special heart and never knew...
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