“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” Winston Churchill Reminders :: June 13, 2018 I’m having one of those I have cancer? moments… I don’t
Road tripping with Cate today was so fun. From home to Badlands to Pierre to Aberdeen…we set our GPS and hit the road. Conversation. Music. Quiet. New things to look at. Laughter. Snacks. Cows.
Oh the things that trigger me….. just like grief smacks into me when I’m not expecting it, so does the trauma trigger. I was meeting a new doctor today. That trigger was an expected
Grief. It’s unpredictable. It’s not just sadness. It’s a whole slew of you-know-what that tears right through. I Will Hold It Just As It Is :: June 10, 2018 Date night with my sweet
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,