What should you take to chemo? To say I was scared to death upon beginning chemo is an understatement. I haven’t written about this topic in quite a while, although I wrote about it extensively in my memoir. If you’re interested in reading more about my experience, check that out. Let’s just say, brave and …
Writing
April is National Poetry Month, so I invited newsletter subscribers (What, you haven’t signed up yet?), to share poems they’ve written. Reading them was so fun. I’m going to have to ask for submissions again before next April rolls around! Most of us have written poems somewhere along the line, probably in elementary school, high …
How many times can our hearts break? Yes, how many times indeed? The losses from metastatic breast cancer continue, as does the heartache, the frustration, the anger, the disbelief and the agony. The numbers are staggering. Too many, just too many. When will the numbers start going down? When will the dying stop? How many …
February has rolled around again, and with it comes another birthday. However, this February is not just any old February, and my birthday this year is not just another birthday. This birthday feels different because it is different. You see, this is my first one without a mother and without a dad. I am not …
I’ve been contemplating whether or not to write another political post. Should I or shouldn’t I? And what do I say at this point anyway? I shared my feelings of disappointment about the recent election result in an earlier post. Here it is over two months later, and maybe I should be feeling better about …