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“How Can I Help?” (Redux)

Note: This is an update of the original post first made in June 2016. Scroll down to find a more detailed list of ways to help—we’ll keep it current as circumstances change! — Jamie (11/12/19) Some Quick Links! Sign up to provide a family meal or other help via Meal Train Purchase and/or share our fundraising […]

Holiday Raffle Ending!

Prize Winners! Grand Prize: Coffee Game Table ($899 value) from Carolina Game Table: Keith Bentel Savage Rifts® Bundle ($100+ value) from Pinnacle Entertainment Group: Mark Gallicchio Lovecraftian Tentacle Bundle ($60 value) from Signal Fire Studios: Jon Merchen Metamorphosis Alpha RPG ($20 value) from Signal Fire Studios: Kelly Caudle Pantheon Card Game + d20 die ($20 value) from […]

Day One

Ever since Liz was recommended for bone marrow transplantation, everything was building up to the big day. We had an exhausting calendar of preparation, education, procedures, treatments, labs, and collections. Yesterday morning she checked back in where this all started, the Bone Marrow Unit at Northside Hospital. It was her New Birthday, Day Zero, Transplant […]

Share If You Agree

Remember when chain letters were a thing? They later evolved into chain emails, still forwarded by your Mom from her AOL account. Now they tend to be pictures and the ubiquitous Share button.Liz and I joke about the ridiculous number of internet memes that make some religious, political, or personal statement that challenge you to […]

So What’s the Deal?

Cancer sucks. We know our family’s story isn’t unique. My daughter Elizabeth was diagnosed with ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) and recently began her third week of a very aggressive regimen of chemotherapy as part of a two-year plan to declare her cancer-free. She’s currently a patient in the Bone Marrow Unit of Northside Hospital in […]