As many of you know, recently hubby and I escaped the cold February temps and headed south for a week. We really needed to get away for a lot of reasons. Last year we drove to the same destination. This year we decided to travel by air thanks to “flying stand-by perks” we received via …

As some of you may remember from a previous post, my oncologist recently quit and moved his practice elsewhere, hence my need to find a new oncologist. When I arrived recently to check in for my appointment with my new oncologist feeling a bit more apprehensive than usual, the receptionist casually mentioned to me, “Oh …

I don’t mind admitting I’ve been feeling sad, angry and more than a bit cheated this week. It’s the week that marked the fourth anniversary of my mom’s passing. It’s been a week full of memories from the past. Some of them good. Some of them horrendous. It was also a week for which I had …

Metastatic breast cancer – the upspoken words. I’m not sure why the topic of metastatic breast cancer is too often neglected. Obviously, it’s a tough topic, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk candidly about it. We can’t just sweep it away or pretty it up in pink. Nope. Not gonna work. Sure, MBC is …

Does sending a card of sympathy to someone who’s grieving really matter? There was a time when I hesitated to send a sympathy card when I heard someone’s loved one or friend had died. Or maybe I should say it’s not so much that I hesitated to send one, it was more that I wondered …