Yesterday afternoon at about 2:00 Bev Lindholm passed away. I don’t want to say that she lost her battle with brain cancer because she gave it one helluva fight. In the end she knew that all of us were taken care of and that she didn’t need to worry. She died peacefully with her husband […]
Room 1009
Final Days
Mom is home resting comfortably surrounded by her family. Liese (my sister-in-law) and Bethany (my neice) arrived Thursday. Uncle Tom & Aunt Jan (Mom’s brother and sister-in-law) arrived last night. Wayne (BIL) comes Sunday morning and Aunt Diana (mom’s sister) arrives Monday. We are hoping that she will survive until everyone is able to come. […]
If it isn’t cancer it’s another thing
Yesterday Derek and I went to the hospital to see Mom and to visit with Gretchen and Dad. Mom was scheduled for a stress test to check on her heart function so she would be gone most of the afternoon. While she was out we grabbed some lunch and waited at the house instead of […]
Why cancer sucks
It has been an overly trying weekend around Room 1009 (which was room 3-something and is now 9-something). So much has happened since last Tuesday that I’m going to totally reference emails my sister-in-law has sent out. Here is what we know. They performed another MRI on Thursday to make sure that there was no […]
When you’re 6
When you’re 6 it is difficult to express your feelings. There is so much going on in life that everything becomes a jumbled mash-up of emotions and everything comes out all wrong. Two events are happening in the life of our 6 year old that are causing him to be a less than pleasant person […]
More Birthdays
Which one do you want first? The one where I read an email first thing in the morning and it makes my head hurt because I haven’t had coffee yet or the one that makes my head hurt all the time because it is reality? We’ll go with the all the time hurty and end […]
10 things to be thankful for
I certainly have a list of things to not be thankful for this year. Big fat CANCER being one of them. Cancer sucks and there are no two ways about it. However, cancer has done one big giant thing for me. It has made me stop and re-evaluate life. I’ve said it before and I’m […]
Bitter
I want to take a moment to address some feelings. I guess over the years this (and former) website has become a sort of therapy. A place where I can get things off of my chest. I’m married to a Swedish man and they aren’t exactly known for being touchy feely and talkie about things. […]
The start of the next year
I thought I’d take a moment and update the happenings in the Room 1009 set. Obviously we are no longer physically in Room 1009, but for the sake of this website that’s where I wish all of this would stay. Mom was able to go home on October 28th. While we wish that life would […]
Miss Fi
After three weeks in our house we’ve had the opportunity to get to know the itty bitties a little bit better. They’ve also become quite accustom to us and are even tolerating that dog. While Hammond might be the most likely to sit still for a photo, Fiona is much less likely, but not like […]