A Letter to My Son's Care Team
Summer 2016 We have nearly completed our 7th summer of annual clinic visits, where we check in with Levi's long list of specialty...
Ear Tube Surgery: Success
Thank you for your prayers. Levi's ear tube surgery was "textbook." A word we love to hear when it comes to him. Here is a photo of him...
Thank You Mother
When Levi was born my Mother was fulfilling a life-long dream of serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Botswana Africa. She had been able...
5 Minutes that Changed My Life for the Better
This week, for the first time, I had the opportunity to be a guest blogger. (wow!) Pediatric Home Service (PHS) is a home health care...
The Dancing Shirt
As a parent there is something very special about watching your younger children grow in shape and size. Inch by inch they begin to fit...
One Breath in, No Breath out
It can take but a moment for a loved one to die. With no warning a typical day can become their last on earth. I think about this...
A Quiet Medical Epidemic (part 1)
There is a medical epidemic that has been quietly brewing in my community for a couple of years. For the past 18 months, it has been...
Those Old Familiar Roads
This time of year is not easy for me. All of the beauty and shimmer of the holiday season also brings many added layers of responsibility...
Nowhere to die
Today the Star Tribune, an award willing regional newspaper, featured a story on Crescent Cove and our son Levi on the cover of the...
Goodbye Dear Isaac
How do we help our children comprehend death? The goodbye unto the Lord's arms? A "till I see you there" kind of goodbye? ...I have...