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Sorry, Not Sorry.

I am gearing up to come out from under the rock. I even worked out today (snap in the air!). I know we have months of treatment left....

Updated Results

Here is what we know. Bone Cancer has had a DRAMATIC change! When we were diagnosed, Jacob had a curie score of 24 (highest it can be is...

Preliminary Results

No official results. I repeat NO official results. So no mazol tovs. No congrats. No getting ahead of ourselves, but from what we do...

Bad Jew mom

I swear nothing should be asked of moms with a newborn. We can’t remember SHIT. But I don’t think it’s normal to forget your child’s...

Era

You know about big days. We all have had them and we remember them well, because they are BIG. We tend to remember big things. Like the...

8 day challenge. No BOO HOOs

Do you read other blogs? I hadn’t read blogs before this. But now I’m addicted to them. Drawn especially to narratives of women in...

Redemption Song

Songs feel louder. I guess when life is muted, having sound pumped directly into your ears feels amplified. And certain songs keep...

A long December

When you can’t find the words, they are usually already written. Because it’s been… A long December and there’s reason to believe Maybe...

He remembers it all

Benno may nail it, but Jacob remembers it all. He does. Everything. Every little detail. It sometimes is startling. Like yesterday when...

Chicken or the egg?

Chicken or the egg? Which one is it? Is it that cancer chooses special children or children with cancer become special? It’s unclear, but...

The truth will set us & Jacob free

As you know all I spend my days on is the TRUTH. The WHY. Without understanding the why, we can solve for it. I Want to share a video to...

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