Since my cancer diagnosis, I have read countless articles and lists covering things one should say or not say to someone with cancer. There is also plenty of advice out there addressing what you should or should not do. Some of these things I agree with and some I do not. What ever happened to …
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know how I feel about the whole idea of calling cancer a gift. As my friend Rachel used to say, “If someone says cancer is a gift, they’ve been drinking the chemo.” Rachel had such a great sense of humor. I miss Rachel’s wisecracks. I …
When was the last time you woke from an unpleasant dream feeling relieved to realize it was merely that, a dream? It’s an amazing moment when you wake from such a state of agitated sleep. Reality suddenly feels pretty darn wonderful doesn’t it?
As I may or may not have mentioned, hubby and I recently tackled a remodeling project. It was time; in fact, it was past time. We moved to our new state and present home seven years ago (wow seven years already!) and at the time had good intentions of “fixing up our fixer-upper” right away. …
Why me? How many times have you asked this question in your life? Have you asked it a lot, just a few times or maybe never? Generally speaking, it seems we ask this question when bad things happen to us. When good things happen, we tend not to think in quite the same way. Perhaps we …