This month, as I marked the end of my first year with cancer, I lost my job. I had a job I loved— I loved the people I worked with, I loved the work... and I was good at it. And really- being a pediatrician was more than a job— I had dedicated my life …
Category: Uncategorized
Ripples of Hope Award and Speech
I wrote here about being chosen as the recipient of the 2020 Ripples of Hope Award. Man, what an honor! Did I mention that TOM BROKAW won last year? Yes.. yes I did mention that-- I still can't believe it! How does someone follow Tom Brokaw? Well, I'm not entirely sure, so I just ignored …
2019: Year in Review
A year ago, as 2018 was ending, I made 2 lists in my planner. The lists were 2018 Reflections + Highlights, and 2019 Goals. 2018 was a great year. The kids were doing great, we bought a house, and completed a half marathon. We went on really fun trips, saw friends, I dyed my hair …
The list of things I should be blogging about
-the extreme difficulty of taking a good family picture -knitting update and my accidental foray into crochet - taking the puppy to Home Depot, aka trying to socialize him now so he doesn't become an ass. - making a bucket list -writing to the kids - My favorite things in the Pacific Northwest -More about …
Continue reading The list of things I should be blogging about
Getting Better at Celebrating
My husband and I recently had our 9th wedding anniversary. Our wedding was magical. It was beautiful, romantic-- everything went smoothly. Our only regret was that we didn't actually eat dinner that night because we were too busy dancing and laughing the night away. Our photographer was amazing, and I still go to look at …
My TV debut
I am so excited about this-- my work with Consano sparked the interest of a local news channel in Portland, KOIN, and yesterday they aired the story-- it's great! You can see and read more here: Pediatrician-mom refuses to give in to rare brain tumor. I'll be honest-- I was a little tiny bit dreading …
between the busy 