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\n\t\tThis carousel is a pretty accurate reflection of motherhood for me. My life\u2019s most beautiful moments intertwined with the hardest ones.<\/span><\/p>\nAs many of you know, shortly after Oliver turned two, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.<\/p>\n
Pediatric oncology diagnosed him with an \u201cinoperable\u201d optic pathway glioma, and the only treatment option presented was 15 months of weekly chemotherapy.<\/p>\n
Had that been the path forward, he would have only finished treatment in March of this year.<\/p>\n
Instead, I shared his story here. Families who had walked this road before reached out \u2014 ultimately connecting me with the neurosurgeon who changed the course of Oliver\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
After a 12-hour craniotomy and now over a year of clear scans, there is hope that he is fully cured.<\/p>\n
While motherhood has been the most beautiful chapter of my life, it has also been the most humbling.<\/p>\n
His diagnosis changed the way I look at time.
At motherhood.
At what actually matters.<\/p>\n
Spending this year abroad with Oliver is, in many ways, my way of saying yes now instead of someday.<\/p>\n
This Mother\u2019s Day, I\u2019ve felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude.<\/p>\n
Grateful for the strength I found in the hardest season of my life.<\/p>\n
Grateful that even through fear and uncertainty, I never stopped choosing joy and adventure for him.<\/p>\n
And most of all, grateful that after everything we\u2019ve been through, I still get to hold his hand through all of it.<\/p>\n
Happy Mother\u2019s Day to every woman carrying both the beauty and the heaviness of loving someone so deeply.<\/p>\n
And to those missing their mothers, their children, or the version of life they thought they\u2019d have today\u2026 I\u2019m sending so much love to you too. \ud83e\udd0d\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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