Being open minded is not being lazy. It’s not weak. It’s not compromising your convictions. Emotional and social intelligence happens when one isn’t presumed synonymous with the other. There is a significant difference between
All throughout today, I have found my mind in the days between my mammogram & ultrasound appointment and my biopsy appointment. The images and smells, the pit in my stomach, the lump in my
I had a plan to write about something significant this evening. But in the spirit of “being present,” my theme(-ish) of June, I’m gonna wait to write about that on an evening I feel
It’s National Cancer Survivor’s Day….and as it turns out June is Cancer Survivor’s Month (I just learned that this is a thing!). I know it sounds odd, but I still bristle at the word
Today – a tribute to the caregivers. From my vantage point as the patient, this is what I know: My caregivers are the glue when everything feels broken. They are the muscles when I
What does it mean when everything important happens to conflict with everything that is important? Like literally, in these past few weeks, I’ll go to put some important thing on my calendar and there,
I had an opportunity throughout today to remind myself what it means to walk what I talk…… It’s pretty easy in life to say or even think all the right things. Or the helpful
I’m typically pretty disciplined at keeping myself present and in the “simply show up” mindset. But recently I’ve lost a little touch with that and I’ve found myself reeling a little in the spiral
“When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!” —Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 4 :: Lewis Carroll The
Interesting enough as I wrap up my May Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass theme, last night I had a very vivid dream (you know, the kind where it’s so real that the only way you