The short version: You don’t really know anything about some thing until that some-thing has to be your thing. Mind your Hypotheticals. The long version: The hypothetical is an interesting construct. And then there
Since June’s theme has been ‘Simply Show Up,’ I’ve chosen to really live into that. There have been many days where the time in the life being lived was unable to also accommodate the
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
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