momwithcommonsense

Is this normal?

This girl is living her best life.

When your brother video bomb your video with very clear message about his feelings about California. NOTE: Lota has a brain injury, the result of many aggressive craniotomies (brain surgeries) while fighting a very rare and aggressive brain tumor.

Breathtaking Arizona skies before a monsoon storm. Just moved to AZ and I’m in love with the sunset and sunrises BUT NOT the heat. But hey, at least there’s an outdoor sauna to enjoy all summer long 😉🥵. Perspective is everything 😎☺️

Duchess (pup) and Leta (kitty) are only 4 days apart. I’m so glad they get along so well and just love on each other even after Duchess tries to devour poor Leta.

Feeling grateful for family, kids, pets, parents, police, firefighters and this great nation.

Watching our puppy Duchess grow up is a blessing. Love her cuteness.

Pets bring so much love in our home. Meet cute Letah. You can’t help but smile when you see her.

Lota has been so loved by so many during his fight against an aggressive teratoma (germ cell brain tumor). His message of gratitude and Christmas wishes to all back in 2015.

This is our Lota; our warrior. In the summer of 2018, he underwent one of the riskiest and most aggressive craniotomy resection in the history of pediatric brain tumors. It was a tough recovery for Lota but on the day his voice teacher came to see him, he found the energy to join her in singing "A Million Dreams" from the Greatest Show Man movie. A song he has been working on before surgery. This is one of those moments that made me realize, my boy is slowly coming back to me. My sweet boy.

Another part of our journey with Lota's fight against an aggressive brain tumor.

This is our warrior Lota a few days after a massive brain surgery to remove a very aggressive teratoma (germ-cell brain tumor). This was was a brutal surgery (according to his neurosurgeon, it's one of the hardest and most dangerous surgeries he performs on patients) and we were starting to wonder what kind of neurological damage our boy will have. As days went by, we were starting to feel the stress of the unknown. Did our Lota suffer a major brain injury during surgery? Can he hear us? Will he be able to open his eyes? Will he be able to speak to us? So on this particular day we had his oldest sister come by and play her ukulele for him. Then she started playing thumb war with her brother. As Lota's Mom, I always knew he is a fighter! But to see him respond to his sister that day brought so much joy to all of us, and even though my voice was calm that day in the video, my heart was filled with so much gratitude and happiness. Even though Lota now lives with a brain injury from this surgery, we are happy to report, he is cancer free. The amazing neuro team at Rady Children San Diego was able to remove the 99% of the tumor and annihilate the rest with an electric laser.

Our family is awaken. Trump rallies are fun.