Can you spot….

February 20, 2015 2 Comments

the newly minted 7 year old?   Hard to believe it's been so long since the little guy arrived on that snowy February evening in Reykjavik.  Even harder to believe is that it has been nearly 7 years since we left Iceland…yet the LG to this day still considers his time in Iceland to be a huge part of his life.  So much so that he will happily announce to his friends, "Yo soy de Islandia!"  

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In order to properly celebrate, we headed towards cooler weather for the weekend. Sweaters, and even jackets are welcome for the next few days, while we enjoy a brief respite from the drier weather of Managua, and celebrate the fact that the Little Guy is…well, no longer quite so little…

 

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And that’s all she wrote

February 6, 2015 Leave a comment

About *that.*. You know…that of which I no longer speak as that would take me back to a time of fear, uncertainty and confusion. Today was my final doctor’s appointment with the surgeon. I had the ‘gram earlier this week (all clear), a follow-up MRI yesterday (also all clear), and was given the blessing to have only annual screenings from here on out vs. diagnostic exams.

It’s been a long, weird, stressful and scarring almost 5 year journey that has been winding down for the past two years and I’m finally, with the surgeon’s hearty “Congratulations,” this morning, going to consider over. I know I will always have to be *aware* (how I loathe that term)…but at least I’m can feel relief in my quiet awareness.

Thank you to everyone who has been there for me…and God forbid anyone else go through this nightmare, I will gladly be there for you…

For now? Off to get Cait, visit her first-choice college and wrap up our visit to the States…and return to our blissfully normal lives in Nicaragua…

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