I’m going to sound like a two-year-old and I’m going to say “I want” about fifty times. I want to go on a romantic + adventure-filled vacation with my husband.  We’re thinking Hawaii.  Trip-planning is one of the many ways he tells me how much he loves me, and I can’t wait to see our itinerary.  Did you know travel was a love...

I had the best three hours of the week this morning doing this: This is without a doubt my favorite parenting posture.  We started snuggling this way when Greta was an infant.  Maren would wait for me to finish nursing and then she would climb up on my lap to join her little sister.  They both press their ears to my chest and curl up in a way so they are totally...

My heal-and-recover days are going pretty much as I expected.  I’m at my parent’s house, and Brad, Maren, Greta and SuperGramma are at my house. I wake up in the morning (on my own terms — no alarms, no small children) and I read while I wait for my pain medication to take effect.  Once it’s kicked in, I get up and get ready for the day.  My...

We now have the treatment plan to try to keep the cancer down. 1.  Oophorectomy:  Ovary removal surgery.  In December I’m going to have another surgery to remove my ovaries.  Since my cancer is estrogen positive, it feeds off of estrogen.  Taking my ovaries out will eliminate this fuel source for the cancer.  There are significant side effects (instant...

Today an old friend–one who I have not seen in six years–picked me up and drove me down to my oncologist’s office.  The Care Calendar for locals who want to help with things like this is available by communicating with our Help Coordinators: help4andersons@gmail.com.  More “ways to help” will be forthcoming also as we find our...