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The straight and marrow
You know how sometimes things work out perfectly with no loose ends and complete closure, like a beautifully wrapped gift with a bow on...
Oct 25, 20192 min read
Wait no more
Yesterday afternoon, I cozied up in bed with the dogs to do a meditation. Let’s be real; we all know that’s the prelude to a mid-day nap....
Oct 22, 20193 min read
Live oak
I recently borrowed a memoir from the local library. It caught my eye instantly because it was called Marrow, a word that entered our...
Oct 19, 20192 min read
It's just a game. But I still hurt.
October 10. 10/10. That sounds like a date filled with promise, doesn’t it? It’s clean and round and associated with a perfect score....
Oct 10, 20195 min read
Back in the garden
We saw the hematologist/oncologist on Monday and stopped by the healing garden. Though I believe in the garden's restorative powers,...
Oct 4, 20192 min read
A tribute to Grocery Bag Lady
When we moved to our current neighborhood, we slowly got a feel for our surroundings. A certain neighbor sits on his front steps every...
Sep 29, 20192 min read
A room with a view
We're not where we planned to wake up today, but this sunrise helped immensely. Ramón was admitted to the hospital yesterday after...
Sep 27, 20191 min read
Grief: A hard pill to swallow
Grief is very real. It’s exhausting, it’s sneaky, and it’s unpredictable. And it spans to all areas of loss – actual, perceived, or even...
Sep 19, 20194 min read
Yellow door
Earlier this year, we decided to paint the laundry room door a bright and cheerful yellow. Like most household projects, it ended up...
Sep 10, 20191 min read
Oh my memoir
Yesterday I finished a four-part memoir writing class. When I saw it was being offered, I thought, 'Well, now's not really a good time,'...
Sep 4, 20192 min read
Gosh, he's growing up
It's crazy how time flies! Gosh, he's growing up.
Aug 12, 20191 min read
The gift of time
Look how fancy we get for other people's weddings and wear jeans to our own! I stumbled across this post the other day and realized I...
Aug 9, 20191 min read
Share Love, That's All
Tomorrow marks three months since Ramón's cancer diagnosis -- uh, I mean, birthday. A few days after Ramón's diagnosis, surprise visitors...
Aug 6, 20192 min read
It's the cliiiiiiiimb
At this time last year, we were enjoying the picturesque Colorado Rockies, and now we find ourselves facing a different kind of mountain....
Jul 28, 20191 min read
Perspective
Sweet Noodle Beagle's eyes say it all. It's day 77, though if you told us it was day 177, we'd believe you. The novelty of Ramón's...
Jul 23, 20192 min read
Outpatient Chemo: Round 2, Day 1
We're exhausted, so I'll let Ramón's shirt do the talking; it was gifted to us by an admirable couple fighting a similar battle. We're...
Jul 8, 20191 min read
One of one
We’re 50 days into this cancer thing. It’s still somewhat surreal to type that, yet it’s also difficult to remember life before the...
Jun 26, 20192 min read
Fighting traffic (and cancer)
We're fighting traffic AND cancer! After some slight rerouting, Ramón is finished with the first round of outpatient chemo infusions. His...
Jun 17, 20191 min read
#BoneMarrowMonday
Is #ManCrushMonday still a thing? Regardless, it's also #BoneMarrowMonday, because we've got news. Today we saw the oncologist, and...
Jun 10, 20192 min read
Home sweet home
After leaving the house at 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, guess who's finally home sweet home! Yesterday Ramón had a repeat bone marrow...
Jun 4, 20191 min read
Gallery
My name is Drew Dotson, and my life has been anything but perfect, yet it's still perfectly beautiful. After growing up with a genetic disease, cystic fibrosis, I was blessed to meet an amazing man who loved me without bounds. Then he died.
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