Monthly Archives: April 2010

Friday Photo Fun, Dual Purpose

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Julia Roberts

See this picture of Quinnlin when she was little? Cute, right? Her sticking tongue at me while I took her picture. We were at the local zoo and she was walking up the hill towards the slide. See, the slide … Continue reading →

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37 + 7 = 4

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Today we’re in between kidneyversaries…Jody and Gage’s is the 27th and Cheryl and Quinnlin’s is the 29th so I am doing a double thank you to them both. For the first time in our family life all 4 of us … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Fun

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Smiling, sometimes, he remembers that he was happy once. He’ll enjoy something as simple as joking to hitchhike. Not his idea but he joined in within seconds to laugh as passersby smiled and thought, “Isn’t that cute? Look at those … Continue reading →

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Judgment

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Years ago when Gage was a baby and Quinn wasn’t born we went to a 5K and 1 Mile Walk/Run. It was a fundraiser for something and it was a beautiful morning. While there we saw a baby jogger with … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Fun, A Thank You Note

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Sometime in December I created this card as a thank you note for people who supported us in various ways throughout Quinnlin’s transplant experience. We received food, gift cards for restaurants, prayers, notes, letters, help with Gage, flowers in the … Continue reading →

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Celebrate with Me, Then Go Kiss a Teacher

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Gage’s special ed teacher (one of many incredible women who teach Gage) just sent me this note by email and I am now crying a little bit. For a lot of reasons. The main one being that this would not … Continue reading →

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Being Out

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Julia Roberts

We’ve been telling our story for a long time. In May I will have been blogging for 6 (six!) years. Even I’m kind of astounded by that so I just had to go look at my home page and count … Continue reading →

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Spoken in the Mutant Family Household

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Me: “Quinn, here is the cutest picture of you and auntie!” Gage: “How do you know it’s the cutest?” ————– In our hotel room Quinn: “Well how do they get into the room.” Me: “Well they have a master key.” … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Fun

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Julia Roberts

I just noticed this picture in a group of pictures that Quinn took while we were enjoying a day of sunshine in Atlanta last November. Do you think I missed it because I didn’t EVER want to see Gage behind … Continue reading →

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Kidney Karma

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Julia Roberts

We’ve knew about 8 1/2 years ago that Gage and Quinn would require kidney transplants (or dialysis) to survive. We didn’t know that by 2010 we’d have ourselves a couple of kidney donors and a couple of new kidneys. We … Continue reading →

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