Author Archives: Emily

The past couple weeks we have all gotten used to “bald mommy”. While Amos has yet to see me without my hat on (he asks before seeing me, “Do you have your hat on?”), Arland is completely unfazed by my lack of hair. I find myself being shocked everytime I look in the mirror. WhenContinue reading “Bald Mommy”

It’s been awhile since I’ve written last. While my mind has been wandering and piecing together what to say, my body has been too worn out to do much of anything, let alone type. I have successfully made it through two treatments of the “Red Devil”. This has been no easy task.  If I amContinue reading “Going, Going, Gone”

How is everyone holding up? This is new territory for us all as we commit to staying home and washing our hands! There are going to be times of frustration, irritation, and hopefully some times of laughter too!  A couple of nights ago we had a “royal” dinner. We needed to spice things up fromContinue reading “A Table Set for a King”

Today we celebrated. My chemo session was a success and I received my 12th and final treatment of carbo/taxol chemotherapy. It seems like yesterday we heard the news of my breast cancer diagnosis, and now I am 12 sessions in. We celebrated with pizza and family.  Next week, I start the first of 4 sessionsContinue reading “Tonight We Celebrated”

I want to start off today by thanking everyone who has been praying for me and for my white blood cell count to stay up! Last week was another successful treatment. Tomorrow, as long as my white blood cell count is up, will mark my last day with this chemo cocktail. Starting next week, IContinue reading “Peace and Quiet”

I have a new meaning for the term “face time” since my diagnosis. It has nothing to do with my phone, but rather the seconds and minutes I’m awake and literally face to face with my children. This disease wears me out and it makes me sleep for long periods of time. Time that IContinue reading “Face Time”

“The little white soldiers go marching one by one hoorah…hoorah.” Leave it to an early ed teacher to make a song out of this! My little white soldiers did just that this past week. They marched! Thanks to my grandma and her visualization of little white soldiers, I have somehow managed to keep my whiteContinue reading “The White Soldiers Go Marching One by One”

In my house we dance.  We dance when we are cleaning, we dance when we are playing, but mostly we dance when we hear a song that really moves us. You can’t keep our family still. Often times you will even catch Joe dancing alongside me and the boys. When we dance we forget ourContinue reading “In My House, We Dance”

My Grandma Niebur passed away from breast cancer when I was just 3 and a half years old. It amazes me because even being so young, I have such vivid memories of her. I can only assume this is because she was such a remarkable woman. She made an imprint on my life at onlyContinue reading “Some Good News”

Growing up I was always a mama’s girl. I loved being home and hated being away from my parents. I would be lonesome at every sleepover and my “Sunday Blues” before going back to school were the worst. Being home with my family was my comfort zone.  It still is. I find myself not wantingContinue reading “A Little Bump in the Road”