Childhood Cancer – The Dixie Belle Diaries

Failure to Thrive

Posted on March 24, 2018
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Failure to thrive. That's what brought us to the hospital this time. With the amount of time our family has spent in these hospitals over the past couple years, I am seriously considering proposing a "frequent flyer" program to the board of directors. Kind of…

Childhood Cancer

Shattered

Posted on February 15, 2018
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I’m seriously trying to remember what mirror I broke or a time where I walked under a ladder or did something to merit the ungodly amount of bad luck I’ve been having lately because something or someone or the universe is out to get me.…

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When You Lose Your Grace

Posted on February 4, 2018
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Y'all. I did a thing. I did a bad thing. I let my emotions get the best of me (not advisable), and I retaliated. A comment that hurt my feelings-- and believe me, it takes a lot to hurt my feelings, so it was one…

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Look What You Made Me Do

Posted on February 4, 2018
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EDITED TO ADD: I was approached by a reader who let me know that words can hurt. Some of the things I wrote in this post might accidentally hurt others that could be struggling with some of the same issues. Please know that that is…

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37 Week Bumpdate with Miss Savannah James

Posted on January 15, 2018
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Y’all. Feel free to start making bets about little miss Savannah’s arrival. For those of you that follow me on Instagram, y’all may know that we discovered this stubborn little girl has in fact been breech this entire time. The head that every doc thought…