by cazmac9910 | Oct 29, 2018 | 2Bros, Uncategorized
Wash your hair. Brush your teeth. Please, for the sake of the world, put on deodorant!Hundreds of times I have given those commands to my sons. Well, not so much “commands” as directives. I know I taught them basic hygiene at a young age, but why is it they...
by cazmac9910 | Aug 28, 2018 | 2Bros, Uncategorized
Special education. Those two words strike fear into the hearts of many parents. “But my son doesn’t need special ed!” I know, because I was one of those moms.When my oldest son Julian, now 22, was in elementary school, the idea of a 504 plan — based on a...
by cazmac9910 | Jun 12, 2018 | 2Bros, Uncategorized
I am a musician who has played in orchestra pits, wind ensembles, chamber groups, and orchestras. I even played antiphonal oboe one Christmas! Music is powerful. It transforms you and allows you to escape for a few hours from the regular happenings of the day.However,...
by cazmac9910 | May 7, 2018 | 2Bros, Uncategorized
When my sons were born and diagnosed with hemophilia, we lived in Houston and had access to the Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center. I had access to treatment and never considered that I’d be kept from it. When my youngest, Caeleb, was only...
by cazmac9910 | Apr 8, 2018 | 2Bros, Uncategorized
I have a few rituals on Sunday evenings. I check to make sure clothes are washed and ready for the week, I set the menu so that we have a plan for dinner throughout the week, and I fill the infusing bucket and bring it to the main floor of the house. When these things...
by cazmac9910 | Mar 6, 2018 | 2Bros, Uncategorized
There are some moments in my life while raising two sons with severe hemophilia that I have thought, “Wow! You, Cazandra, have just won the gold medal in the Hemo Mama Bear Olympics!” And there are other times I failed so miserably that I would not have even...
