Comments on: Welcome to the Team

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:51:24 +0000

Hilarious and endearing as always. Thanks for sharing your stories.

By: Drea

Drea — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:48:55 +0000

Beautiful post. It’s amazing how the happenstance meeting of one person can change everything. Life is indeed a bittersweet tapestry with so many thought-provoking threads.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:31:27 +0000

Wow- so well written, I’d never be able to put into words the ravages of emotions that you do. HOW DO YOU DO IT? Great story to share, amazing woman, and I am praying for that little child and her family. Isn’t it true that after you have kids, every kid from then on that you hear about something awful happening to becomes your kid for a brief moment?

By: Kyla

Kyla — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:01:02 +0000

Great read, Kristin. What an amazing woman and an awesome story. And yeah, I don’t know how anyone can do it. (And I, too, am jealous of those who can pull off a haircut like that! I want it for the sheer laziness factor but don’t dare cuz I’d look like, oh, who knows, but I don’t have the face and features to do it!)

By: Nell

Nell — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:35:46 +0000

Kristen, touching and timely! We had to navigate a bit of a medical maze with our youngest last week and found ourselves referred to the pediatric oncology ward at Walter Reed…not a place anyone ever wants to darken the door of…As it turns out we’re only facing a minor league illness but the waiting period certainly had me thinking along these lines. I can so easily relate to wanting to be the person who always says the right thing at the right time. It sounds to me like you did just that.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:09:52 +0000

Kristen,
You are funny and you write good.
Love,
Cheryl

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:10:34 +0000

brought tears to my eyes. one of my close friends from High School has a child with cystic fibrosis, who takes 40+ pills a day just to be able to eat (he’s only 3) and I often do find myself wondering where you find the strength to get through the day. You really captured the admiration that I feel for my friend. well done.