Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Mark’s Journey”
Almost every morning…or evening… I see at least one deer in my back yard. Or front yard. It’s probably not always the same one but I always tell the kids Myrtle came by to say “hi”. I named her. I was listening to a song list on Amazon Prime (oh lets not get on that subject…so unsure if I should …
June 21 Actually today is kidney day. 6 years ago Mark donated his kidney to a young man who is thriving to this day. We don’t really celebrate this (like with a party and cake etc) but we do acknowledge it! It’s important. Mark struggled with the donation (volunteering to go into surgery) but felt called to do it and …
June 16th 2022 I had a small crew here today and we have almost got the lawn in good shape and the garage is ready to be decorated. I can’t hardly believe it. I know Mark wondered how that would ever be ready for a party. Well, Mark, we did it. Only one torn bicep and one man falling off …
June 14th 2022 The summer is going to fly by isn’t it? I mean it is mid-June already so it will be August tomorrow right? Lets just wrap this year up so we can start over (to me the year ends in August when all the craziness started) but I’ve also learned not to rush through life and miss those …
May…nope June 5 2022 The whirlwind doesn’t stop and it’s not actually anything I brought upon myself like I have in the past. We had a very busy spring/summer coming up and we knew that. Mark passing away just made it all harder…sadder. More overwhelming. Karson was married last night…but I’ll talk about that later. Following May 11th the list …
May 30th 2022 We talked about hospice maybe once. I had learned that you do not have to be on deaths door to call them in. They can be involved in palliative care for a while. I really was quite naive when it came to hospice. I pictured a hospital set up at your house…a nurse there to care for …
When she came in and sat down I knew it wasn’t good. I mean, I knew it wasn’t good anyways but when she did this I knew it was bad. She asked what our oncologist/physicians have told us about his diagnosis. I scoffed a little because I never felt like the oncologist was ever very transparent and honest. I told …
May 14th Every time I write the date, I can’t believe how much time has passed and then again how short its been. I don’t know if this will be incredibly long or just in many sections. Where I left off: Friday was dialysis at home, and although I was able to get the needles in…it didn’t go well. Mark …
May 5 This was induction day! We didn’t need it though becuase Kiyah came on her own but I urge you all to go eat tacos and celebrate her (if you need an excuse)! This cancer/dialysis is hard. Have I ever stated that? I feel like yesterday was over emotional. We have been trying to get UofM to do an …
May 2 (we are covering April 28th through this morning) Remember I also do this for myself….because I’m not journaling and I will never go back and remember how this all went down. I should be journaling on top of this to record my inner thoughts…the ones you will never read or hear…for my soul. But I probably wont. This …
