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Happy birthday, Your Honor!

Today this guy would have turned 43! It would have also been the three-year anniversary of his cancer diagnosis. This year, as the date...

May 7, 20221 min read

twenty is plenty

Well, well, well … It’s hospital day 20. It’s not Ramón’s best day, but we’re making the best of every day. When I’m faced with...

Mar 9, 20202 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

Donate blood, platelets, and kindness

How can you help? That's the million-dollar question! For all practical purposes, we're taken care of, and we are grateful for that....

May 19, 20191 min read

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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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