Rainbow colored basket case
My gosh!I just can’t keep up! It is truly amazing what you guys are doing!I feel simply overwhelmed with sweetness, kind thoughts and prayers and it sure is a good kind off “being overwhelmed” and yes...
View ArticleArretjes Cake = Comfort Food
I wanted to do this for a long time so, here we go! Every gal or "though" guy needs his or her comfort food every now and then to keep on going, no matter what the doctor says!A couple of sweet people...
View ArticleUgly things...
Yep, this says it all...And do you see those pieces of dust on its body???!!!Good thing I'm not scared of ugly things (yeah, yeah except spiders...)!Chicago here we come!...And for all your sweet...
View ArticleDog Whisperer
I have absolutely no idea what our Jones is thinking most of the time.We tried to “teach” him stuff. And yes he knows; sit, down, come, zit (Dutch for sit), pootje (give me a paw in Dutch) and AF!...
View ArticleCrazy Americans that I LOVE
Ok, so last Monday the 15th I got this HUGE surprise!Never in a million years i would have thought that this would happen! I feel extremely blessed and thankful and much, much stronger now too fight...
View ArticleHow a girls still loves her horse!
It was 1998 and being in a different country (Canada), speaking a different language was not easy, but manageable. A bit harder to manage is riding 15 horses a day, cleaning stalls and look after the...
View ArticleCheck, check, double check
I have my horse. CheckI have my sword. CheckI have my skull panties. CheckI have my family and friends. CheckI have lot's of love and support. CheckI have lot's of wonderful people praying for me...
View ArticleReady... Set... Go...
Ok, you better all get your undies and toothbrush gathered cause you get to visit!!!The Plan (and yes “The Plan” might change a bit when we move closer to the "starting date") but we have decided on...
View ArticleProblem or Opportunity
I have a little problem…I have one week…One week before we start the huge battle… One week before my life starts to look pretty grim (seeing a list of all the side effects and hoping my body doesn't...
View ArticleWho's afraid of heights?
I am afraid of heights.Not as much as I am afraid of spiders.Well... maybe...I went to Australia a couple of years ago, and it was an absolute wonderful experience. The country is just gorgeous. What I...
View ArticleI'll be back!
OK...I think I'm ready...I will see you in a week or so...!!!Well... Maybe sooner if you are up for a pajama party in the hospital.... ;-)We will see how things go and I'll try to keep you updated! I...
View ArticleBack in the land of the Living...
My gosh…Cancer Butt Kicking is HARD!!!I remember the first day in the hospitalI remember the last day of being in the hospitalI remember it being so hard to breatheI remember Bastiaan being there…...
View ArticleYou got to be kidding?!?
What I believed at some point as simply not possible, just came with time... I can walk from one side of the house to the other, without toppling over from lack of breath… I can even walk to my mom and...
View ArticleRound Two starts Today...
OK, today is the day.Bastiaan and I are heading back to Indy...My little sister came back from The Netherlands again for a couple of weeks to support all of us and I am pretty sure my mom, dad and...
View ArticleThe C stands for ...
When we were in the hospital something amazing happened!Well... I think it was pretty amazing, anyway...It is very uplifting/humbling to see your life story written down by somebody else, it sure makes...
View ArticleSometimes I wish
Sometimes I wishI wish that it was like it used to be, let’s say, 25 years ago…No worries, playing with grandma what it would be when I was all grown up.Well, I’m grown up all right, and it is...
View Article6 weeks and two days ago
6 weeks and two days ago…See… I have been trying to write.Well, I have been trying in my head really really hard and it all sounded perfectly fine… Somehow it just didn't quite make it onto the paper,...
View ArticleOld Hands...
My hands look like the hands of an 80 year old ladyMy hands hurt like the hands of an 80 year old ladyI sometimes feel like a lady who has lived 80 years, just by looking at my hands…And yes, this...
View ArticleThankful Thursday!
Yep, it sure is a Thankful Thursday Although we have to go to the hospital today for some new head and body scans, at least I can look forward to the eardrum breaking noise and image for forty minutes...
View ArticleDoing the "Poopie" Dance
It has been to long… It has been to hard… And there had to be too many difficult decisions to be made…Down the drain and/ or toilet bowl goes the “upbeat attitude” for the fifth time that day because...
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