<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tristan’s Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tristan’s Journey]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:41:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Remember...]]></title><description><![CDATA[To say yes when you mean yes. To say no when you mean no. To tell people you love them. To apologize when you should. To express...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/remember</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6291965b328e90f9a835e05d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2022 03:52:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_e55d89b4d4e64ba594ebb7a1ea7aebfd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_760,h_377,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forward Motion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dogs are going to miss it... A little late on the posting tonight, but I was out in the convertible enjoying the gorgeous afternoon!...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/forward-motion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62886140ab322ef61329d7c3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2022 04:09:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_82ca1727803e4c088eb7dd8091f00061~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New Whip]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you know: In the early automobile era, the steering wheel became known as the whip. In more modern times, various hip-hop artists...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/the-new-whip</link><guid isPermaLink="false">627eddf5491dd8516a231ed8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 00:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_137baadfa622411898cf1ae51bd254bc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lego Technic Lamborghini Sian Tristan needs to have a project. Building has been a burning desire of his since he was a toddler, and one...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/the-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6275bb7904df1a87fe0e9b93</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 01:14:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_32d7a1b8e90c441c8bddb21217a96247~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope Restored]]></title><description><![CDATA[Choose "Better" My goal as a mother has been to raise honest, kind, hard working and generous young men. I feel that Tristan and Corbin...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/hope-restored</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626c0fc8237b8a1192ad7172</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:14:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_97d8badb6bbb43bfbf747e8b45686d94~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_719,h_953,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby Steps]]></title><description><![CDATA[12-month-old Tristan Jon and I continue to muse over the strange parallels between bringing Tristan home as an infant and bringing him...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/baby-steps</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6263522ed96e30bc14c9868b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:11:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_b65aae8afb1449a5840cd938f5b5e933~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not So Fast]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Tristan may not love the hospital bed, Charlie thinks it's the bomb-diggity! Tristan is six weeks out now, and for the most part...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/not-so-fast</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6259ff55bd2fd2e3235bdce5</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:26:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_9cae7d1877c64a3caede27268f7a4956~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Responders]]></title><description><![CDATA[If someone saved your life, or the life of your child, what would you say to them? How would you thank them? Those are the questions we...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/first-responders</link><guid isPermaLink="false">624f93c151ee0e9c9e055238</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2022 19:01:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_6047c59b475a4adc91d800aa3580e5c4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking Points]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been four weeks since the collision and we've all hit the wall (except Jon who is somehow managing his "business as usual"...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/breaking-points</link><guid isPermaLink="false">624731acbed2272bb7fd3434</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:52:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_bd295725a411406ab59c3eb61a3d389a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updates &#38; Thanks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that the majority of Tristan's follow-up appointments are done - only one more in late April for another round of leg x-rays - I'm...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/updates-thanks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62434bdcd0ac01eae26c6ada</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:20:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_5e5cd970048f431498057aa1ec4522c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_914,h_659,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Could Have Been Worse...]]></title><description><![CDATA[...but it's certainly been bad enough. That's the brutal reality. We are beyond grateful that Tristan wasn't paralyzed, didn't suffer...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/it-could-have-been-worse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">623e594c13a9f215067865c5</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:57:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_3f8463aba8784ca0b7d9a76a79dfca23~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home Visits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tristan had his first Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Therapist (ST) visits today. Martin was the OT and he worked with Tristan on...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/home-visits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">623a8a6d1da49e03f2398335</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 03:10:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Day I'm Shufflin']]></title><description><![CDATA[Today has been a good day...just look at that smile! Tristan finished his oxycodone yesterday and we transitioned to a Tylenol +...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/every-day-i-m-shufflin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6237e4f1d95b894f6cd84051</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:08:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_d820e28111234b7484e28e9aa9a44fa7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a moment…]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tristan’s legal team talked about the need to tell Tristan’s story. 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I heard this repeatedly from my Grandfather until the day he passed. He wasn't...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/mules-pain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622ea8e2ebf672fcf850f6e4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 03:21:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_8e6d0aaa164646139211c46acf8de4b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first time we brought Tristan home from the hospital he was 3-days-old and 19 3/4". The second time we brought him home from the...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/coming-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622becfef4e474ee2536ef61</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 01:23:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c1959_71aeae8b626f44fe83998b8158d2ae6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mama Bear Emerges]]></title><description><![CDATA[When my day starts off by answering a phone call that I think is one of the nurses and it turns out to be my battered son pleading for me...]]></description><link>https://flashorflameinfo.wixsite.com/tristansjourney/post/mama-bear-emerges</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622ab802ab271d0a5d553b79</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2022 03:26:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Catina Piliaris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Way to Help Tristan]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've been humbled by all the offers for help, but have struggled with what to offer. 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