What a week.
It's crazy to think it's barely been a week since I last wrote anything, because it feels again like I've lived a lifetime since then. I still need to catch up on telling Norah and Ryan, my parents, and then the awful task of telling all of the kids. Today was an early and crazy day of soccer games for Natalie, Cubby, and Ike, then volleyball for Nat. Siobán surprised us by taking a train down from UCLA yesterday, spending six hours on public transportation, and having Lydia pick her up from the train depot. It was a lovely surprise for Bear after such a crappy week. We also spent last night with our friends, the Perrys. Michelle needed to carve a bunch of pumpkins for our school's Fall Festival being held today, so she said we could come over after school, she'd feed us pizza, and the kids could do the dirty work, haha. I had said we'd bring drinks or dessert or something, but when they found out about Bear's diagnosis, they insisted we just bring ourselv...