Do you put up a Christmas tree? I love how everyone goes about decorating a Christmas tree differently. First of all, there’s the tree itself. Real or permanent. I don’t like referring to my tree as artificial, sounds too, well, artificial, right? I’ve bounced back and forth over the years. These days I have one …
Family
As some of you know, my family received the sad news last week that Elsie, our dear old dog, has cancer. And by the way, I sincerely appreciate all the kind comments left on Facebook, Instagram and elsewhere. It’s comforting to know so many of my dear readers, pet owners or not, understand how hard …
Do you ever feel like you’re the reminder, the reminder of cancer? Do you sometimes wonder if your family and friends see you and then immediately think cancer thoughts? Sometimes I feel this way. One of those people I do not like reminding at all about cancer is my dad. He needs no reminders; he …
Another Mother’s Day is nearly here. This will be my eighth one without a mother. I totally realize I am lucky to have had a mother in my life well into my own mature adulthood. I fully realize many are not as lucky as me. Far too many have grown up without a mom or …
It’s an unsettling feeling to be living under the BRCA2+ cloud – to be a member of the tainted gene pool club. Most breast cancers are not directly linked to hereditary risk factors; rather most are considered to be sporadic. In fact, less than 10% are attributed to gene mutations. How did I land in …