This was one of those “awkward” posts to publish for reasons that will hopefully become apparent as you keep reading. If I offend anyone or seem ungrateful, I apologize and I certainly don’t mind one bit if you disagree with me. I’ve just been sort of annoyed of late by all the blog award shenanigans …
Do you remember your very first loss? I don’t mean when you lost or misplaced something you cared about, I mean the first time you lost someone or something you truly loved. The first loss I recall is when our much loved black and brown dachshund named Penny died when I was ten years old. …
As I’ve mentioned before, February is a loaded month for me. It’s a month heavy-laden with dates and reminders. February was when cancer, the uninvited guest, first came calling and never “left the table”. February 2008 was when my mother’s metastasized cancer took an ugly turn for the worse and we reluctantly admitted her into …
Some days in winter are snow globe days. Snow globe days are quite rare even where I live. A snow globe day is when snowflakes are coming down gently, but so fast you can actually see them piling up before your very eyes.
I’ve probably mentioned once or twice (okay, more than that) that there will never be a day when I do not think about cancer due to a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes I can and do go for minutes, even hours without thinking about it. Even then, I am often rudely awakened and quickly brought …