Dec 25,2017

Christmas could have been crappy, but it wasn’t

[Previous entry] There’s a ridge inside my mouth. It’s just where I imagine the edge of the tumor is, except it goes back farther than I thought. It starts below the molar behind the tooth that was extracted, runs halfway between my tooth-line and the bottom of my mouth, and ends where those two bumps Read More

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Dec 25,2017

A Christmas miracle: figuring out how to get a 3-year-old to poop

[Previous entry] I’m going to stray into mommy blogger territory by making my first Christmas post about a discussion of my 3-year-old’s pooping problems. It ends happily, but just don’t say I didn’t warn you what is contained within. Christmas Eve, I solve the riddle of Morrigan’s withholding her poop. Like all wars, victory comes Read More

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Dec 24,2017

Christmas Eve with cancer

[Previous entry] I’m in my room right now, 3:55 p.m., on Christmas Eve, trying to pull myself together. We’re going to a Christmas Eve service at the church my parents found for the six months+ that we’re here, and I just can’t stop crying today. At first, I thought I was crying for no reason. Read More

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