BRCA Genetic Testing PART 1: Girl Parts
Part One: Girl Parts [author] [author_image timthumb='on']http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sara_profile_pic.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]This next series of posts will...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday – Be Goofy
This is a special Wordless Wednesday with the reminder, to be goofy. Mom Lesson: Be Goofy Miss ya Mommy. Thanks for being goofy and reminding me to loosen up. love, Sara The post Wordless Wednesday –...
View ArticleBRCA Testing Part 2: Ready to Decide
Part 2: A Decision [author] [author_image timthumb='on']http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sara_profile_pic.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]This is Part 2 of a series I am...
View ArticleIrene
For those of you expecting a Hurricane Irene wrap-up, I’m sorry this isn’t one. Instead I took one of MamaKat’s writing prompts and went with it: “4.) Tell your Grandma’s Story.” My grandmother’s...
View ArticleThe Smell of You
The other day I ran into the pharmacy to pick up a last minute birthday card and was stopped in my tracks. My mother’s smell passed me in the shampoo aisle. Literally, my heart skipped a beat. I froze....
View ArticleHappy Vintage Halloween
Panda = Me, Frog = my little brother. Circa 1980 somewhere in Canada Remember when Halloween costumes were homemade? I do. When I was little my mother made my brother and I a bunch of Halloween...
View ArticleThanksgiving Crackers?
My daughter just made my day, scratch that my month – probably my year. While working on her 1st grade homework this morning, in which she’s supposed to talk about our Thanksgiving traditions, she...
View ArticleDear Neighbors With The Over The Top Christmas Lights, I Love You.
Mom, me and bro: our last Christmas together Holidays can be tough without my mom. She always made the holidays extra special with simple and small touches; from decorating the house to convincing the...
View ArticleMommy? What’s Loo-Kia-Meee-Ah?
“Mommy? Did your Mommy have loo-kia-meee-ah?” My back was turned at the sink when my 6 year old daughter asked me this direct question with only 10 minutes left in our morning routine to get out the...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Mom – Thank You Angelina
Today, on what would have been my mom’s 66th birthday, another woman bravely shared her decision to have an elective double mastectomy after she found out that she carried the BRCA1 gene mutation for...
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