There doesn’t seem to be much we can all agree on these days, but most of us are likely feeling pretty darn certain that uncertainty will be continuing for the foreseeable future. I’m feeling certain about uncertainty. No doubt you are too, right? A lot of stuff is going to be in limbo for quite …
Cancer
This pandemic is forcing us as a society to talk about death, to see death, to feel death. Death is in our faces like never before. Sadly, many have experienced a COVID-19 death on a deeply personal level. So many have had loved ones die. What about the rest of us? Sure, we hear about …
The above photo is the view from my kitchen sink, a view I’ve become even more familiar with these days. The same can probably be said about the views from the other windows in my house. Lots of staying home, staying in, looking out. Sound familiar? I kinda feel like I could start a series …
Another Mother’s Day has rolled around. This is #16 for me without my mother, a living one anyway. I’ve been sitting on this note to my mother for a long time. I’m sharing some of the cancer part of it today. If you’re missing a mother (or someone else), writing a note to her/him can …
In April 2010, I heard the words, you have a cancer. Fast forward a decade to spring 2020, and lo and behold, the entire world is in the midst of a pandemic. Talk about two ways you would never want (or expect) to start a new decade, right? These two events, though impacting me differently …