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What do you think of when you see this? The Best Damn Band in the Land? Football Royalty? Crazy fans? Central Ohio? Overrated? ...

Hate. Most people are taught to love, not to hate. We are told from a very young age that you shouldn't say hate. Hate is a strong...

This is how I spent my birthday last year. This is also how I spent my birthday last year. During the day, I was laying in bed, next to...

This was my view during a 9 mile race. It was March 26. Spring. Yet it was 26 degrees outside, snow and hail pelting me in the face....

The Green Monster. No, not the wall at Fenway or Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. I am talking about envy, about jealousy. We have all...

To the parents of Uvalde, I hurt with you. Like you, I was not with my child when she died. Like you, I didn't get to say goodbye. Like...

Our daughter had cancer, yet they never called it cancer. First they told us they found a mass by her brain. Then they told us that they...

I never thought I would own a minivan. This is the day we bought our minivan. Yes, I have kids. All 3 of them are sitting in the van,...

The other day, while walking the girls to school, I had a moment. I was watching Quinn walk into school and it hit me, the painful...

Music has a way of making connections for us that trigger memories. These can be good, bad or even sad memories. These days, everyone...

Previously published on Caring Bridge. Your urgency isn’t my emergency. A friend once told me this in relation to our kids. I thought it...

Previously posted on Caring Bridge Today is a really shitty day. I have been having flashbacks to when Sloane was in the hospital and all...

Hangovers. They are the worst. Most of the time when you think of hangovers, you think of drinking too much. You feel crappy in the...

Previously written on Caring Bridge. You see what I want you to see. You hear what I want you to hear. The carefully cultivated facade of...

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." That phrase was something I heard and repeated to myself many times...

Take a look at this face. Sleeping so peacefully, just a few days old. Oh, all the dreams we had for you. We dreamt of who you would...

Who knew that something as little as a crumb could make a you fall to your knees and cry. For the last 9 years, I have worried about...

You should be turning two today. You should be eating cake. You should be opening presents today. You should be yelling out my name. You...

One second. That is all it takes for life to change. "We found a mass." In that one second, your world is turned upside down. "Chemo is...

You may not see much different in these two pictures, but I do. We bought our house in January of 2010. The door you see at the end of...