... is having a fabulous slumber party tonight. She and her girlies are celebrating her birthday.
They're painting nails, eating fabulous food, and watching movies.
Papa is chaperoning and holding the fort down ... AND, I know her Mama is there, in sweet spirit ... and so, very, proud of her Mini-Me.
xoxo
Anna
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
LONGGGGG .... week
It's weeks like this that tend to drive my ass absolutely nuts. Go, go, go ... work, work, work ... stress, stress, stress, head down, head down, head down...
I struggle on many different levels these days. Try quite hard to get all my ducks in a row ... daily.
But, honestly, I don't feel that I do my best. I'm not looking at the "Big Picture." I've lost track of that.
These two women remind me ... in moments like this ... that it CAN be done. And, that I'm blessed enough to be here to make it happen.
I WILL continue to work harder. I'm the lucky one to be able to make that choice for myself and my child.
And, quite frankly, today I have been blessed with insight into that and prospects that will help both my son and myself in that.
Thank you girls for being my sweet angels and touchstones ... and keeping my feet on the ground, though you're both in The Heavens.
Miss you both, infinitely ... and love you even more.
xoxo
Cooch
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Welcome to the Rainforest ...
And what a lovely day it was!!!! Silas and I spent the day with Grammie and Grandaddy.
It was a big surprise for Silas. He knew ... 2 days ago ... that we were going on one of our "dates." What he didn't know was that it was going to be at The Rainforest Cafe AND that his Grammie and Grandaddy were going to surprise him there.
It was so awesome to see them hiding behind some silly kiosk. I saw them ... Silas didn't.
When I told him to look up and see who was standing there, he ran through the mall like a maniac to love on them. Let us not forget that he ONLY ever wears his Batman cape. So, I imagine people thought that he had some major crime to fight.
We had a wonderful lunch.
Grandaddy and Silas went to one of those machines that you put a penny in and it flattens the the penny out and changes it into some sort of keepsake. Grandaddy told Silas that it was a souvenir. When Silas didn't understand what that was, Grandaddy tried to define the word and told him that a souvenir is something that reminds one of something or some experience. Silas looked at him, straight faced, and said "Grandaddy, that penny doesn't remind me of anything."
Good try Grandaddy.
Next time, tell him the smooshed penny is an example of what happens when you have sex before the age of 35!
xoxo
Anna
Monday, January 24, 2011
... simply sweet birthday celebration for our K-Dawg...
01-19-2011:
Lovely evening with girls that make my sides ache from laughter.
xoxo
Anna
Sunday, January 23, 2011
From CNN...
This is unbelievable:
Aleisha Hunter is not your average 4-year-old. In fact, she's the youngest breast cancer survivor in Canada.
Not exactly the news her mother Melanie was expecting when she noticed a small lump in her daughter's right breast while bathing her when she was 2. Finally after trying to figure out what was causing Aleisha so much pain, at the age of 3, doctors diagnosed juvenile breast carcinoma, a very rare form of cancer.
"Certainly breast cancer has been reported in children and in adolescents, but it's very rare in prepubrescent girls," says Dr. Thomas Olson, medical director of the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service in Atlanta. Fewer than 5 percent of invasive breast cancers occur in women under age 40, according to The National Institute for Health. About 12.2 percent of women born today will get a breast cancer diagnosis at some time in their lives, according to The National Cancer Institute.
"There are many adult woman who have been tested and know that they carry a breast cancer gene mutation. I think it's important for them to realize that there is no evidence to support the risk of breast cancer in childhood for their daughters," says Dr. Sharon Plon, chief of Texas Children's Cancer Center Genetics Clinic.
Aleisha's physician, Dr. Nancy Down the deputy chief of surgery at North York General Hospital, decided on a radical double mastectomy for the 3- year-old because the tumor had grown quite large she told NBC. She didn't treat Aleisha with chemotherapy or radiation. "Whenever you have a rare case you go with a logical treatment. First you know you need surgery. The question is whether chemotherapy will add to that therapy, but you probably should not give chemotherapy unless you really think it will help," says Olson a pediatric oncologist.
Downs told NBC the advantage to this rare type of cancer it's slow growing, it doesn't spread as aggressively as other types and the prognosis is usually very good. She says Aleisha will have to get reconstructive surgery on her breast once she hits puberty. "If parents are suspicious of something unusual...you have to be your child's best advocate and it's important to follow-up if you are concerned about something in your child that you haven't seen resolved," says Plon.
In November Aleisha was honored as the 2010 Ambassador for Random Act of Kindness (RAK) Day in Cambridge and North Dumfries in Canada where she is from. The day encourages people to "pay it forward" and pay tribute to those who do kindnesses on that day and all yearlong.
xoxo,
Anna
Aleisha Hunter is not your average 4-year-old. In fact, she's the youngest breast cancer survivor in Canada.
Not exactly the news her mother Melanie was expecting when she noticed a small lump in her daughter's right breast while bathing her when she was 2. Finally after trying to figure out what was causing Aleisha so much pain, at the age of 3, doctors diagnosed juvenile breast carcinoma, a very rare form of cancer.
"Certainly breast cancer has been reported in children and in adolescents, but it's very rare in prepubrescent girls," says Dr. Thomas Olson, medical director of the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service in Atlanta. Fewer than 5 percent of invasive breast cancers occur in women under age 40, according to The National Institute for Health. About 12.2 percent of women born today will get a breast cancer diagnosis at some time in their lives, according to The National Cancer Institute.
"There are many adult woman who have been tested and know that they carry a breast cancer gene mutation. I think it's important for them to realize that there is no evidence to support the risk of breast cancer in childhood for their daughters," says Dr. Sharon Plon, chief of Texas Children's Cancer Center Genetics Clinic.
Aleisha's physician, Dr. Nancy Down the deputy chief of surgery at North York General Hospital, decided on a radical double mastectomy for the 3- year-old because the tumor had grown quite large she told NBC. She didn't treat Aleisha with chemotherapy or radiation. "Whenever you have a rare case you go with a logical treatment. First you know you need surgery. The question is whether chemotherapy will add to that therapy, but you probably should not give chemotherapy unless you really think it will help," says Olson a pediatric oncologist.
Downs told NBC the advantage to this rare type of cancer it's slow growing, it doesn't spread as aggressively as other types and the prognosis is usually very good. She says Aleisha will have to get reconstructive surgery on her breast once she hits puberty. "If parents are suspicious of something unusual...you have to be your child's best advocate and it's important to follow-up if you are concerned about something in your child that you haven't seen resolved," says Plon.
In November Aleisha was honored as the 2010 Ambassador for Random Act of Kindness (RAK) Day in Cambridge and North Dumfries in Canada where she is from. The day encourages people to "pay it forward" and pay tribute to those who do kindnesses on that day and all yearlong.
xoxo,
Anna
More beautiful Madeleine Peyroux...
More gorgeous music from this lovely lady.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwT12wF_iUA&feature=related
xoxo
Anna
Friday, January 21, 2011
Gorgeous Elliot Smith cover ...
I've always loved this song. Madeleine Peyroux does this amazing cover of Elliot Smith's beautiful "Between the Bars":
drink up, baby, stay up all night
the things you could do, you won't but you might
the potential you'll be, that you'll never see
the promises you'll only make
drink up with me now and forget all about the pressure of days
do what I say and I'll make you okay and drive them away
the images stuck in your head
people you've been before that you don't want around anymore
that push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still
drink up, baby, look at the stars
I'll kiss you again between the bars where I'm seeing you
there with your hands in the air, waiting to finally be caught
drink up one more time and I'll make you mine
keep you apart deep in my heart separate from the rest
where I like you the best and keep the things you forgot
the people you've been before that you don't want around anymore
that push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktNzLg_te4
xoxo
Anna
drink up, baby, stay up all night
the things you could do, you won't but you might
the potential you'll be, that you'll never see
the promises you'll only make
drink up with me now and forget all about the pressure of days
do what I say and I'll make you okay and drive them away
the images stuck in your head
people you've been before that you don't want around anymore
that push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still
drink up, baby, look at the stars
I'll kiss you again between the bars where I'm seeing you
there with your hands in the air, waiting to finally be caught
drink up one more time and I'll make you mine
keep you apart deep in my heart separate from the rest
where I like you the best and keep the things you forgot
the people you've been before that you don't want around anymore
that push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktNzLg_te4
xoxo
Anna
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