Chemo Day(s)

Chemo Day(s)

Wondering what the chemo routine is like for Traci? Come on, she’ll take you on a little tour. Sunday Funday Though I get chemo on Mondays, the process actually begins the day before. Every Sunday, I go to the hospital to get bloodwork done, which means going to the...
The Amazingly True Story of Gerry’s Giant Pickle

The Amazingly True Story of Gerry’s Giant Pickle

The Amazingly True Story of Gerry’s Giant Pickle I have a friend named Gerry.  When he smiles like this, he kinda looks like this.  And when he dresses up for Halloween, he looks like this.  He’s a double black belt in Aikido, which means he could easily kill a...
20+ Things that were Rad in 2018

20+ Things that were Rad in 2018

A two-centimeter lump of cancer certainly threw the second half of the year for a loop (and will likely dominate the first half of 2019), but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t also a lot of cool stuff in 2018. Here are some of my favorite things from the second-to-last...
Fair-Weather Fan in Unfair Weather

Fair-Weather Fan in Unfair Weather

Curtis is the epitome of a fair-weather fan. Curtis is the epitome of a fair-weather fan. (If his team starts losing, he’ll start cheering against them immediately.) And that’s when the weather itself is fair. Traci’s dad offered me his Utes tickets...
This is Halloween

This is Halloween

Another successful Halloween for the Sutherlands. Paige Halloween can be weird when you’re a seventh grader. Is it weird if you wear a costume to school? Is it weirder if you don’t? Is it cool to go trick or treating? Or is that totally lame? I’m not sure how much...