Nearly nine years ago, we came for a beach vacation to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and fell in love. It was the most peaceful place I'd ever spent a week in and I longed to come back. A year later, Frank asked how I felt about moving to Charlotte and seven and a half …
Tough decisions…
The last little bit has been rough. We've been waiting on second opinions from a variety of doctors for Cathy's tumor removal and prognosis. We've met with a second pulmonologist (who has finally ordered a PET scan, for which I am thankful) and we met with a thoracic surgeon. The pulmonologist confirmed what the first …
Hope…
Well, we had Cathy's follow-up with the pulmonologist on Friday. And the results are promising... The tissue was still being fully analyzed and the results will not be in for a few more days, but what the preliminary results show is that Cathy's tumor is a carcinoid. It will be scaled based on a ki-67 …
The longest day…
I arrived in Chicago on Thursday morning, drove straight to Cathy's place, picked her up and took her to lunch and then a little shopping. (That woman LOVES to shop). From there, we went back to my hotel room and took a short nap (I was managing on a little under three hours of sleep …
Spring renewal…
I used to believe that fall was my favorite time of year, and in many ways it still is. Sweater weather is great after a grueling summer of heat and humidity, especially here in the south. But more and more, I have come to love spring. Watching all the things come back to life. The …
Proverbs 27:9
Saturday mornings are easily my favorite time of the week. Monday - Friday I work, like most of us. For the most part, I enjoy my job -- even when it's an insane pace -- even when it drains me -- but sometimes I need to pause to refill my cup. And though I can …
March 9, 1996
At this moment, 29 years ago, I was on the way to get my hair and makeup done. One of my close girlfriends was with me and we were both trying to recover from a week of far-to-late nights with all of our friends who had gathered with us to celebrate... Today was our wedding …
Blur…
That's how I've been feeling about life lately. A blur. Work has been...crushing. I was going to say hectic, but it's always been a little of that. Lots of pressure and deadlines, but this pace is a little insane. Many months ago I mentioned that we were acquiring another company. When that happens, Legal generally …
In my feels…
Overwhelming sadness. That's how I feel this morning. I thought after a night's sleep I would feel differently than I did yesterday, but that is not the case. Yesterday I attended the funeral of my friend Amy. Amy was a beautiful mother of three bigs, the wife to my former pastor, Bryan and truly a …
Shrinking Shay 