Author Archives: abbybrody

To the theme of beauty school dropout. Therapy dropout, (Therapy  dropout) Got no time for that talk. Therapy dropout (Therapy dropout) Can we do this while I walk?! While I know this is good to do Who has that time? I just want to pop a pill And go back to my child’s side. I […]

I believe COVID should be treated as a learning/ psychological disability. It should be classified in the DSM. It will eclipse any disorder. It will be the largest disability in the world.  Take that anxiety! Or is this a sub category of anxiety? Hmmm…I will leave that to the professionals to figure out. But let’s […]

Turns out it is all relative for them too. Kids also measure their life by relativity. Often using their closest control, a sibling.  Today I messed up. Or rather I broke his trust. I never surprise Jacob with his day. He is always aware of what will happen to him. “First you will get your […]

Our 3 months are up.  That is our schedule.  Three months of life at a time.  Three months of breath at a time. Three months… It’s scan week. Jacob will have an MRI, an MIGB scan, bone marrow sample surgery, and possibly a PET scan.  The scan (AHHH) anxiety is real.  Time to flick!

The date did happen. He made sure of that. He even threatened to take away my flowers if I did not show up on time and like his father he aimed to impress.  As we walked up to our spot, Jacob turned to me and said, “We’ve got the best seat in the house.” Where […]

I know I said that I am spending the rest of my career focusing on the crisis in higher education, but I had a real K-12 crisis right here in my own house that needed to be solved.  So I had to jump back in.  Hello K-12, I’m back! Here was the crisis (it may […]

Educators are working nights and days on equations.  While, some of us teach math, never have such equations come across our work tables. And to add insult to injury, as we study this lengthy equation, the numbers keep changing. Not even the quadratic equation can save us.  But like the diligence we instill in our […]

The cracks were always there, but some didn’t even know they existed. As why would one look down when walking? What is there to see there? The views are forward or upwards towards the sky. Spending time looking at the ground doesn’t seem a worthy pursuit and could be quite dangerous. Heads up! Not down. […]

Today was Jacob’s last infusion of immunotherapy. The last day of writhing  pain. The last day of fevers of 105 and late night hospital visits. The last.   I am smiling ear to ear through this mask. I honestly never thought this day would come. It always felt so out of reach. Chemo, surgery, more chemo, […]

This post was inspired by someone asking me if I felt safe living in NYC as we are here this week. I actually feel VERY safe in NYC. Everyone here takes safety seriously. Masks are everywhere and New York is strong. But, no I don’t want to live in the city next year. Not because […]