I truly hope that the CVS Pharmacy appreciates the fact that I have been singlehandedly keeping them in business for the past three weeks.…

Happy eleventh anniversary of Sarah’s second birthday!  In other words, Sarah’s bone marrow transplant was eleven years ago today. This girl . . .…

The first few weeks of January are important days for our family because they mark the anniversary of the days leading up to Sarah’s bone marrow transplant and the transplant itself.  (She was in the hospital a total of twenty-eight days during January 2003 with her actual transplant day on January 10.) Since my mind was on her transplant when I woke up this morning,…

Happily (as you’ve probably already noticed), Smithellaneous is back up and running after almost five days of being largely offline. Unfortunately, while the blog is feeling spry, I am home sick with lingering, general yuckiness.  (Laryngitis, sore throat, hacking cough, fatigue—all that fun stuff.)…