Why I’m not praying for a clear PET scan Family Matters by Ashford - July 19, 20163 Today is my husband’s routine PET scan and I'm not praying for good results. He was diagnosed with stage 3 Melanoma this time last year and man have we been through it. For those of you who aren't aware - he went through multiple surgeries and a particular devastating round of chemo. Now the phrase “round of chemo” can mean a lot of things to a lot of people (as can the word “devastating”). But in our case he endured 19 doses in 24 days administered by IV. At that point he switched to injections that were supposed to be given 3 times a week. The entire regimen was supposed to last 52 weeks, a full year. He made it through 7. At the point they
Dirty words and life lessons Family Matters by Ashford - July 7, 20160 We spend a fair amount of time in our house discussing the difference between “good” and “bad” words. My kids are little at 6, 4, and 1 and so I still have a large amount of control in this arena. Most of our bad words are pretty tame. We have the usual suspects like “stupid”, “jerk”, and “loser.” But I feel like we have a pretty good handle on it. For example, my kids still believe that “hate” is a bad word not to be spoken. This isn’t to say we don’t have the occasional big time f-bomb but for the most part it remains largely under control. That is until 2 weeks ago when I was introduced to some new,
