The Gelosi Project
Physicists and astronomers believe that there is a spacetime boundary that surrounds a black hole. They call it the event horizon. If you were to observe a black hole, you would never be able to observe anything past the event horizon. Even light cannot escape. If you watched an object fall into a black hole, [...]
One is 14, the other nearly 12. They can raise the roof with their bickering. It doesn’t take much. One comment. A rolled eye. Breathing. But no matter how much they fight, there is a bond. Luc goes out of his way to do things for his sister when she is need. For all his [...]
The interview with Jordan when we realized she didn’t fully understand the situation. Jordan believes in Santa Claus. She has classmates who believe otherwise, but it hasn’t dampened her conviction. And I have purposefully not intervened. It’s one of the few exceptions I make to my rule about honesty and candor. When Jordan was originally [...]
Jordan spends a day with me at the office, and I spend a day with great young lady.
Jordan rolls her eyes whenever we give her a little credit. But credit is due.
Jordan is taking no prisoners. Feet be damned!
She is so tall. The casts give her a half an inch, but still. When I watched her hobble around the kitchen tonight I was kind of dumbfounded. Where is my little girl? She is a young woman in the making–so mature, so lively, so lovely. I kind of lost my breath gazing on her [...]
Jordan gets to switch the casts and serve up more challenges and rewards.
When our good friend Roger Holzberg stopped by, Jordan learned how to edit her own fashion video.
Jordan’s recovery is remarkable … and she can’t wait to say goodbye to the casts.
All this healing has brought out the cranky old woman in Jordan.
[This piece was contributed by Kathleen Callihan Morris, Jordan's grandmother.] Jordan completely blew me away last night. As I was driving home, feeling sad for what she’s going through — as well as how painful it is for Larry and Jeanette to witness, my cell phone rang. I know I’m not supposed to talk on [...]
As we approached Children’s Hospital this morning, Jordan sighed and said, – Children’s Hospital. Another day, another nickel. She’s in the O.R. now. It will be a few hours before we see her again. I’m all nerves. Unlike me, Jordan was witty, spirited and determined to get this done. I’m certain she was nervous, too. [...]
I know myself well enough to know that when I find it hard to write, I’m usually avoiding something. The words aren’t flowing today, and that’s because I’m uncomfortable thinking about tomorrow. At 8:30 am, Jordan will check in for the surgery we’ve diligently researched, laboriously discussed, and frequently postponed. But we can’t avoid it [...]
Jordan does many things well. Lying is not one.
In Jordan’s world, determination governs everything. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
After six years kicking cancer’s butt, Jordan forgets that she’s about more than surviving.
I think the news is finally setting in. My clue: she tells everyone that her cancer is gone. Friends. Family. Complete strangers. Sometimes I think she says it just to remind herself. The list of things she wants to do next is endless. She wants to write a book. She wants to take up tennis [...]
It was like old times. When I awoke this morning, I challenged myself to make a great stack of pancakes. Pancakes have been a Saturday tradition in our house, but I stopped making them months ago because the electric stove in our new place is temperamental and doesn’t cook the batter evenly. I’m quite finicky [...]
The news is actually better than I imagined. Jordan’s doctors are now very confident that what we see in the MRI scans is actually scar tissue. Based on the few patients similar to Jordan who have reached this stage and had biopsies, the tissue biopsied has been benign. Because there is no evidence of new [...]
Jordan did AMAZING today. She was so mature at handling everything, which is unbelievable considering the tension we all felt about this MRI. She let them access her port without any pushback. In fact, Jeanette said that when they came in to do the access, Jordan turned to her and said, “do I really have [...]
Tomorrow is a big day. Jordan will have her first MRI since stopping chemo in September. Though she tries to be nonchalant about it, we can tell she’s nervous. We are, too. So much has been going well, we have our fingers crossed the scans will give us more to celebrate.
By the time my preparation of the Sunday breakfast fixings was complete, she lumbered down the stairs. As usual, she was ready to go from the time of waking. I barely had a moment to say good morning before she started rambling action items for the day. Jordan can be quite regimented. She has it [...]
The nurse walked right by Jordan. She looked around the waiting room curiously and then asked Jeanette where she was. Jeanette pointed to the vending machines where Jordan stood wearing her favorite pair of scrubs–the ones she wore for Halloween. Jordan thought it was hysterical. We are relieved that when she visits Children’s Hospital these [...]
