As many of you may know, one of my biggest cancer “pet peeves” (nice pun since today’s post centers around my pets) is the positive attitude thing. You know the one. The one that implies if you just stay positive enough, you can beat cancer. Umm, no, obviously this is not true, but still the …
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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 …
Two Februarys stand out in my mind as being “cancer Februarys”, and I cannot forget either one. This particular post is a collection of random memories from one of them — my mother’s last February. They are personal memories I hesitated to share, but as my friend Jackie from Dispatch From Second Base once told …
When my daughter and soon to be son-in-law were helping me set up my blog, I asked my daughter, “Do you think my blog’s name — Nancy’s Point, A blog about breast cancer and loss — is too depressing?” “Well, a little bit,” she answered. At the time, I asked myself well, how do you …
What does the word integrity mean to you? If you’re a blogger, what does “blogging with integrity” mean to you? I’m not asking for Webster’s definition, but rather what does integrity represent to YOU? I’ve noticed there is a badge some bloggers even display on their sites stating they “blog with integrity.” I’ve never signed …