Punk Rock Mommy

The best Mommy blog is up at midnight. It looks like I am the winner. Thanks for voting for me. I feel a bit weired out by it. As I mentioned before it still seems strange to me that any of you find this at all…interesting,worth reading….I just thought people would check in and make sure I was still alive. I thought I would talk about my symptoms and demystify the beast a bit. Then I don’t know…it took on a life of its own. Over 53,000 people have viewed the blog. Some for less than 5 seconds. But many log on daily to see what I am writing about. Thanks for your support and comments.
Some other ladies with cancer who are also mommies are doing a collective blog. They invited me to participate so I think I am going to hang out with them a bit. Hopefully, we can provide some love and support to young women struggling to be both mom and cancer patient. I will still be here too rambling on about whatever seems important.
On June 14 th we are having a gratitude get together at my friend Jenni’s house. I want to thank all my people. The ones who have given so so so much of their time and love over the last year. The people that helped me get through chemo, my mastectomy, recovery, and continued chemo….Lord it was a long fricking year. But I am still here. I am so thankful for that. I want to celebrate with you. The event will be a pot luck here in Fishtown. I will post a bulletin with all the info soon. Please do try to make it. The kids,Kelly and I will all be there. My scan is on the 12th so I am hoping to have good news to share at the party. I am praying that I can announce that things look better. We’ll see.
This looks like a busy week coming up. Last week I had nothing going on…this week a lot. I am going to this new chiropractor with Tamara. I like him a lot. I think Ed may be back from Italy so I am going to try to see him too.Of course I have an appointment with Dr. Demichele. No treatment or tests are scheduled. So it will be quick. I am happy to just see her though. I love her and seeing her makes me feel safe. This is probaly like the weird attachments people develop for their therapists.
I have an appointment with Penn Charter to talk about Bailey. My biggest fear is that my death will totally f*** up my kids. Academically, spiritually,etc. Somehow I feel if I get them in these small nurturing environments they will be protected. Penn Charter is one of those little nurturing schools. We’ll see what happens. Being totally poor is not usually what they look for in prospective students but maybe they will be supportive like the Prep.
I really liked the post that Kelly and I did together where he interviewed me. That was a lot of fun. More and more I really appreciate my marriage and how much Kelly has helped me grow as a person. He doesn’t back down. And he is changing too. Although he is still kind of messy and dislikes housework. But I am learning to live with that. I think.
Thanks as always to all my helpers and friends. Thanks for praying for me. Thanks for loving me. All my love, Andrea

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