Last Sunday, I called my mom. She had told me to call her before I left town to elope with Guy. She had received her second chemo treatment ...

My mother and I are both making new life long commitments. Mine is to the love of my life. Hers is to chemotherapy. I hope her new commitmen...

My mother will start again tomorrow. Chemo. 8:00 AM Pacific time. She will be on a 3 week cycle. Week one, she will have two drugs, taxotere...

Start again tomorrow. This was something that my grandfather always said to me. He used to be the one I would call when I had a bad day. By ...

There are three souls in my life who have been constant comfort the past few years. There is my 10 year old American Eskimo mix who I took i...

For the past week, Daddy has been staying with my brother and sister-in-law in Tennessee . Momma was going to the Presbyterian General Assem...

Denied. Denied. And denied again. Never mind the fact that they are wasting time and now probably money for not just approving the scan. It ...

And the answer is no. Again, the insurance company has said no to the pet scan that my mother needs. There has been no treatment yet for the...

There is a commercial that NBC is running for a new show. In it, a man asks, "In your wildest dreams, am I there?". That, I think,...

Today, my momma's doctor resubmitted the request for her pet scan. Still unable to convince Blue Cross Blue Shield that they weren't...

My mother was so tired last night. After dealing with Blue Cross Blue Shield yesterday, she was just exhausted. I envision her in the ocean,...

It's us vs. the insurance company. We have been holding our breath, waiting for the scheduling of my mother's pet scan. It is basica...

There is one person who can make me feel less like an impending-orphaned, tortured soul; the daughter of my soon-to-be new husband. I'll...

Daddy asked me to gather information on assisted living homes near me. My ex-husband works at a nursing home. I hear Jesse Helms is now a p...

My mother is a preacher. A Presbyterian minister to be precise. She has a way with words that Billy Graham would envy, that is if it weren...

My grandfather was my best friend. He would be the one I could call and spill all of my bad days. He would listen, softly chuckling when I g...

For some reason, I cannot figure out how I am supposed to answer the question, "How are your parents?" It is a polite question, an...

Three to four years. Today, the rest of my mother's life was capsulated into three to four years. If I start now, my child might be able...

My grandparents are dead, which is not so sad since they were incredibly old when they died. Don't get me wrong, I still miss them. Gran...

She asked me what I wanted from their house yesterday. Of course I could think of things. The Jackson press. The green and white china. Tho...