October 17, 1996 - October 17, 2026 - Crofton, Maryland - Today marks the 30 Year Milestone of Ryan’s Original Diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia! Our entire world changed on this day thirty years ago, different, really, than getting married or losing a family member. It began so ordinarily. Ryan, age two, woke up with another fever. He was supposedly battling an ear infection, so we, his fraught parents, decided another visit to our pediatrician’s Annapolis office was

Milestones on big events tickle me. I love to share the love with milestones that end in zero. You know, birthdays, anniversaries, and living in one house or one place for decades. Thirty years ago this week, Bill and I moved our young family from Cleveland, Ohio, to the Washington D.C. area, settling in Crofton, Maryland. Bill had an opportunity of a lifetime to work in sports (he loves sports!) on a larger scale than working at Cleveland State’s University Convocation Cente

It was great sitting in my hot seat to finish Part 2 of Ohio in October and the writing of the HOF dinner last Friday at Bowling Green State University. I still have one or two other posts from that weekend that I will get to soon. But today is a milestone day! It's been 29 years since our son Ryan Tomoff was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) - Pre B cell with Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement. Ryan was two years and two months old. Olivia was 4 years

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It is with great gratitude that I can write the above title and be thrilled that our family and Ryan can celebrate this terrific...

Today is the day we take great pause. We usually celebrate every day, but today is a bit more special when it comes to milestones....