It's All About Perception

Dancing in the Devil's Orchard- Foto Friday

Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:40 PM EDT

Here's my submission for foto-Friday... just a little late.

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photography, arts, simulacra, lava-flow, craters-of-the-moon, foto-friday

It Isn't Just Me...It's Other Kids Too (Leukemia Part 3)

Sat Sep 4, 2010 6:50 PM EDT

"Mom, it isn't just me, it's other kids too," Alecia told me as I sat on the couch feeling that now familiar pang of helplessness, tears streaming down my face.

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health, hospital, family, treatment, love, leukemia, side-effects, hair-loss, chemo, blood-counts

Mountain Butterfly- Foto Friday

Fri Sep 3, 2010 8:04 PM EDT

This is my first submission for foto-Friday (Obviously) but I ran across this photo while trying to organize the myriad of pictures I have thrown together over the last two years. I took this two summers ago in the Challis National Forest, probably my favorite place on earth.

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rock, photography, butterfly, arts, mountainside, foto-friday

Realizing It's Not Just a Bad Dream (Leukemia part 2)

Sun Aug 1, 2010 12:26 PM EDT

One of the first things you are told when your child is diagnosed with leukemia is that the cure rate is high and that treatment is very successful today.

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child, health, hospital, family, love, resources, leukemia, chemo, acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia, childhood-leukemia

In The Blink of an Eye, Life Changed Forever

Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:58 PM EDT

It was just a routine doctor's visit. Alecia kept telling me she was freezing cold and at times when I'd look at her she seemed pale but then a few minutes later she'd be fine. Within a couple of days she was sleeping through most of the day.

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cancer, health, all, hospital, family, doctor, fear, love, tears, anemia