Shutterbugs Video

The Pablove Foundationreleased a series of videos about the Pablove Shutterbugsprogram. Jordan was an inaugural participant and one of the videos features her. Check it out … and while you’re at it, consider supporting this really awesome program that allows children living with cancer to express and develop their creative voices through the art of photography.

I Wish

She shows her many scars to her grandchildren and they whisper and elbow one another with rapt interest. She meets her brother for dinner and they spit and spend and speak of family memories. She takes her mother out for a day of shopping and a lunch with bubbles and they share moment after moment that can’t be captured well. She looks down on little blessings that found her most unexpectedly

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The Tedious Puzzle

When we arrived the room was empty; just a bed with fresh sheets watching over a lonely window. All of Jordan and Jeanette’s things were there, just not the girls. Before my mom and I could worry a nurse peeked in and told us that Jordan was taking a shower. Our shoulders relaxed and we each found a seat to wait.

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The Troubles of a Superhuman

Jordan enjoys a teen mag sent by our friends at Siegel+Gale I suspect that Superman feels this way after he’s expunged the kryptonite only to find Lex Luther has hatched another diabolical plan. In his head, he must think, “good grief!” Perhaps every superhero has a Charlie Brown alter ego. That’s how Jordan must feel. It’s not enough to slay cancer. You have to relearn how to use your legs. And you can’t go home!

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