Imagining Easy
On Sunday, Mike and the kids visited us at Ronald McDonald. Cali was chasing her sisters around the playground, playing video games in the playroom, rolling her own burrito at dinner. “All this...
View ArticleHospital Life – It’s For the Birds
Last week I was crying because I didn’t have a leukemia relapse. Wait – that doesn’t sound right. I’m really glad I didn’t have a relapse. Last week I was crying because I couldn’t feel the...
View ArticleLong Time Coming Home
Not too many services are offered on a “walk-in” basis anymore. A worthwhile haircut requires an appointment. A decent Friday or Saturday night restaurant meal requires a reservation. And God forbid...
View ArticleBlowing Off Steam
Yeah, Cali still has the ng-tube running from her stomach out her nose, taped to her cheek, and hanging like a fishing line down her back. And yeah, Cali still gets chemo every ten days. And yeah,...
View ArticleClose to the Edge
Getting to the remote middle section of Big Sur coastline, affectionately called The Southlands by locals, has always been difficult. Most visitors traveling south along this famous stretch of Highway...
View ArticleSix Passes
Mostly we are out of the hospital world. Mostly, we wake up in our own house and have breakfast with our own family. Mostly, Cali goes to Miss Meggie’s second grade classroom at Bay View School and...
View ArticleChristmas Letter
Dearest Friends and Family, Watch out! The Bennett Family is back in action and ready to celebrate Christmas and its associated holidays in their full glory! We hope this letter finds you reasonably...
View ArticleA Solstice Meditation
The longest night, the shortest day. And that is the point, isn’t it? To find the light even in the darkness. Do you find light in the LED strings lacing suburban rooflines, defying the four o’clock...
View ArticleMarking Time
You can mark time by the cycles of the moon, the arc of the sun, or the squares on a calendar. And sometimes you can mark time by the phases of hospital construction projects. After five years of...
View ArticleLucky
Everywhere I go I am reminded of how lucky we are. Under the golden fall light boisterous third graders swarm in and out of the dusty bug barn, shrieking at the sight of cockroaches. It is fall and we...
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