Sassafras Mama

I’ve fallen dreadfully behind in my writing goals for this month and the only excuse I can offer is that thanks to my bum hip, I am behind o...

T and I spent the week nursing her stitched and casted arm and, as the days passed, nervously awaiting the doctor’s call with the patho...

Right after we dropped JT off, T had surgery on her left arm to remove an unwelcome lump.   It’s likely to be a benign lipoma, but whil...

The backstory: A few weeks ago, my sister KO took an unfortunate spill.  The result is a pretty serious foot and ankle injury.  It happened...

When I showed JT the poison ivy rash I've acquired in the crook of my elbow, his response pretty well summed it up, "It sucks to be...

For the past week, JT has had a case of hives every day.  Memorably, if not happily, on one day he got hives twice.  They always respond to ...