Lisa's thoughts about Love, Life, Lyme, and Liver disease

It's the only thing that there's just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No not just for some but for everyone........ Timmy arrived today!!!!  He flew into DC for the first time and the smile on his face when he arrived just made our hearts swell.  Timmy is the epitome of sweet love.   I was able to get through security and meet him as he exited the plane.  Heather, unbeknownst to Timmy, was waiting in the Terminal. My 30 minute wait for Timmy seemed like hours.  But soon a steady stream of passengers appeared and there was our sweet Timmy.  The look on his face as he exited the terminal was priceless.  Finally, Timmy was back home with us.  As I was hugging Timmy, a nice woman approached and said "you must be Lisa."  She told me she had a delightful conversation with Timmy and she said she was so thankful that she met him. Timmy also told me that he introduced himself to the flight attendant and said "He...

Before we begin, this is one of my favorite professional pictures of Heather from 2002.  Those eyes, that smile, the hair, the innocence (hmmmm, she was 20 and living in NYC we will leave innocence alone).   Yes, I have been absent from blogging for a few months.  It's difficult for Heather to read about her medical journey while she is living with her diseases each and every day.  She loves spreading awareness and giving updates for friends and family, but we both just needed a break and.......we're back!!!! Hopefully you heard through social media and the news that May is Lyme Disease awareness month.  I have been going through my earlier Lyme blogs and it just makes me so sad that there hasn't been  much progress with affordable treatment plans, many main stream doctors are still uneducated about Lyme disease, there is still denial that chronic neurological Lyme is a real medical condition, tests are unreliable, and there isn't a cure. It breaks my...

First - I adore this picture of Heather taken during her junior year.  I mean seriously, those dimples, that smile, and oh what a mischievous look on her face.   Heather was pretending to be a model and I was pretending to be a photographer.  One thing hasn't changed since this picture...... I still adore taking her picture. Back to the blog Heather booked a job as an extra in the movie "Forces of Nature" starring Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck.   I can't even explain how excited she was to be working with both of these actors.  The film is about a soon-to-be-married man who encounters an exciting stranger after his plane suffers an accident on takeoff.   Filming was at Dulles Airport.  When we arrived at the airport, Heather was whisked away to a small terminal where filming would take place.  There were probably 40 extras and Heather was one of the few teenagers on set.  Since she was under 18 years o...