A Marker in the Middle

You may have noticed this space has been quiet. Not because nothing was happening — but because life was. Over the past three years, we welcomed another baby into our family. We kept building. Kept celebrating. Kept showing up for ordinary days that once felt uncertain. Last week’s bloodwork showed an increase in my markers […]

Staying the course

Life has been busy over the last few months. Oh, who am I kidding, the last couple years. Hello, parenting. However, it has been the best couple of years I would say. Luke has brought so much joy and spunk to our life. It is really fun and incredible to watch him grown and explore […]

Long Overdue Update

Well, I am LONG overdue for an update on this blog. It has been over a year since my last post. Many things have happened and some things have changed, but to just sum everything up, we are all thriving. Of course, there are moments which don’t feel so happy – go – lucky, but […]

He is here!!! 🙌🙌

Luke Henry Pudel came into this world in a little bit of a Whirlwind, a week ago yesterday, September 28, 2020 at 2:51 in the morning.  The day before, Sunday, Jeff and I went to church and met our lovely friend Bernice there. After the service Bernice and I stayed behind to talk for a few […]

How did we get here?

Blog writer and Husband smiling as a welcome to the page

Hello, my name is… My name is Christine, I am 25 and I was diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid Cancer on May 31, 2016. “You have cancer!” Bahm, there it was. The diagnosis I dreaded for the last little while. How do you react to this news? How are you supposed to react? Cry? Listen? Pray? […]