Monthly Archives: June 2011

Sunday, June 26, 2011 Happy Birthday, Kirk! and this last week, Happy Birthday to Aunt Helen, Linda, Mike, and Shawn!

So, because life was getting too slow and simple 🙂 Kareem decided Thursday that Karis was stable enough to have her every-six-month Prolia injection to make her bones stronger.  It was due in March, but kept getting postponed until she … Continue reading

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Sunday, June 19, 2011 Happy Birthday, Steve!! Happy Father’s Day, all you dads!

I was thrilled this morning to find Karis stronger both physically and mentally!  She was able to stand up with much less effort and much more herself than she has been the last few days.  Looks like Dr. Costa’s intuition … Continue reading

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Friday, June 10, 2011 Would have been Mom & Dad Elliott’s 66th anniversary! Happy Anniversary to you tomorrow, Marsha and Vance!!

Karis came home from the hospital this afternoon.  It was a treat to see Dr. Costa, just back from a couple of weeks in Brazil.  As kind as people are there, it’s always so good to come home!  Valerie, Cesar, … Continue reading

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Thursday, June 9, 2011 Belated Happy Birthday, Bethany! Happy Birthday, Katherine!

I’m sitting on Karis’ hospital bed while she’s up in a chair eating her supper.  Yesterday she had a repeat scope and biopsy, and the biopsy sites kept bleeding . . . so she ended up toward the end of … Continue reading

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Wed. June 1, 2011 For yesterday: Happy Birthday, Kathy! Happy Anniversary, Steve and Elaine! Happy Anniversary, Jim and Shari! Happy Anniversary PopPop (in absentia) and Abuelita!

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits . . .” We are happily moved and getting settled into our new home at 1038 McCabe St. in Pittsburgh, just a mile from our old apartment house … Continue reading

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