Like so many others, I was saddened to learn about the death of Lisa Bonchek Adams. I was also caught off guard. I had read her recent Facebook page post in which she stated, “Things are quite, quite serious…”, but yet, I thought she had more time; after all, things had been quite serious for …
Cancer
Seven years have now passed since my mother died from metastatic breast cancer. I choose to mark time here on the blog each March not because I am looking for sympathy, but because I want to continue talking about the lives taken by breast cancer, not just my mother’s life, but all of them. I …
I know I mentioned in my last post that in my next one, I would be sharing some tips on how to build up one’s body image and self-image post cancer diagnosis, but that will have to wait. I just returned from a wonderful visit with dear daughter and dear son-in-law in sunny California (gosh, …
Stating a person lost her/his battle with cancer is insulting! Many people are tired of all the war metaphor usage that goes on in Cancer Land. I am weary of it, too, and avoid it whenever I can. I realize all the fighting and battling words and labels work for some people and that’s fine. …
Another birthday has come and gone for me. I’ve now begun the next decade of my life. I won’t tell you which decade, but if you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know or could figure it out if you wanted to and I’m pretty sure no one cares that much to …