Last year I discovered the identity of my bone marrow recipient and she is alive and well! I always wondered when would be the right opportunity to finally meet in person. I’d often and casually ask Q if she’d be up for a trip to D.C. hoping I can arrange a meet and greet while we’re there, but then thought it would be weird for us to reach out to meet. Luckily a few months later, Be the Match and Children’s National contacted us asking if we’d be available to fly out to Washington D.C. to meet Carly and her family! An awesome human being Jeff from Marrow Mates, put together t ..read more

AND… SHE MADE IT! OK so let’s back track for a second in case you guys didn’t know.. Two years ago, I donated bone marrow to a teenage girl with Acute Myeloid Leukemia . That was just about all I knew of my bone marrow recipient, nothing more. Having the chance to save someone’s life was a super humbling and meaningful experience for me but I was always curious to learn more about her. For context.. About 4 months after the operation, I got great news that my bone marrow recipient was recovering well. I got more good news at the 7 and 12 month mark after the transplant. However after that I s ..read more

Well HEYLLO there! It’s been a while. 5 months to be exact. Pardon our dust, but we have been a wee bit preoccupied these days. Just in case you’ve missed it, I have been demoted and there is a new queen B(ao) in the house. Needless to say, it has been a whirlwind adventure, becoming a family of three, especially traveling as a family of three, and it has been the most exciting and rewarding adventure to date! I have many unfinished blog posts in the queue — Taiwan, London and Edinburgh — not sure when I will get to those (sorry!) but since we have been inundate ..read more