A famous guy came to see me today at lunchtime. He was a hockey player and he is Canadian. I am too. Mom said his name was Brendan Gallagher. He had heard about my leprechaun trap, so I showed him a picture because the real thing got accidentally ripped the other day when I pulled out my [...]
So here we are at our 39th day in the hospital. That means if this were Survivor we'd have a one in three chance of winning a million dollars. Now as I stand before Tribal council (or Ben's growing collection of bears, stuffies, and Courage) I look within and ask myself ...did I outwit, outlast, and [...]
One of the most difficult lessons that I have learned over the past few years was that I can't give hope to someone. It is not up to me to tell someone else that everything will be fine. I really resisted this idea at first, but over time I think I am starting to get [...]
I have been super busy building my leprechaun trap. We put all kinds of things in it to get the leprechauns to come, and when they do they are gonna climb up my rainbow ladder (because they love colors and ladders). When they try to grab all my gold and green and blue coins in it, [...]
Imagine this conversation: Karen (to accountant) Hi there - I've printed out all my profit and loss statements for last year. I wasn't sure if this was the balance sheet you were looking for. Does that look right to you? Do you think I need to include the receipts for the new computer software I've been [...]
We had a very special weekend. Every day I am so surprised by how nice people are to us. This morning one of the cleaner people came in and brought my mom some fresh bagels. That was such a nice thing! It is very quiet here on the weekend. My friend Amber is gone now, [...]
So we took some more x-rays today, and Benjamin's surgery has been postponed for a few weeks to March 27th. At that time we will still be vulnerable to further postponement because we will require an ICU bed at Montreal Children's Hospital, but for now that is our new intended surgery date. Although I am [...]
I was so excited yesterday. I finally had a wiggly tooth. I found it after school. I have been waiting for this day for a long time. We went around to tell everybody all about it. When we were eating supper, mom told me to hurry up and eat my mini-burgers. Then I noticed my [...]
So, one of the things that I do around here to keep sane (arguable) is to try to escape (somewhere) at least once a day. I usually try to do this while Benjamin is at school in the mornings. I like to either go for a run around the neighborhood or walk around the shops [...]
...and it's so AWESOME! Well, it's sort of more like floating, but I really like it. I feel like I don't weigh nothing at all. My mom says I'm like a balloon, and she's worried that if she turns her head I will fly away, but I'm not that good yet. I'll keep practicing! [...]
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