Sorry it’s been a few days but there’s been very little to report. Thankfully, my mother-in-law is still with us. Her vitals have been good and stable and she’s been awake. It allows us to spend more time with her. Unfortuately, this time is bittersweet. Occasionally she is very lucid, she knows what is happening [...]
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3 Jun
Deja Vu
In 2001, Paul lost his sister Kristi to a brain tumor after an 11-year long battle. As the tumor and its affects began to overtake her brain, her mental and physical abilities began to decline. Paul and his extended family are now forced to watch his mother go through the same thing at a much [...]
27 May
Perspective
A lot of people have mentioned to me that it’s pretty incredible that I uprooted my life to support my husband in moving out to Pennsylvania. This is odd to me because, quite frankly, Paul is my life. Our lives became one almost six years ago. His family is my family. His needs are my [...]
1 Jan
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Petroskis!
We just got back from Wilkes-Barre, PA, where we have had a wonderful fun-filled, family-filled, food-filled time! Oh, and did I mention the food? Cuz there was a ton of it. Initially, Derek was incredibly overwhelmed because there was A LOT of family. Paul has a very large extended family and having them all in [...]
30 May
Surfing
Grief is such a strange emotion. Because it moves from one extreme to the other. It’s not stable. It’s not consistent. It’s not as if you feel one emotion on a consistent basis. One day I’m moving on with my life, encouraged in living out a legacy that my dad left me. And regardless of [...]
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