If you could live one day of your life over, what day would you choose and why? When I taught Business Ethics at our local community college, I used to ask my students this question. Their answers could be inspiring. The interesting thing about this exercise, to me, was the type of day they chose….
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS UNEXPECTED TIME It’s been a minute, as they say. Most of us didn’t expect the pandemic to last this long. But here we are closing in on a year of fighting this war. I know many states have reopened at least to an extent; but there are some…
As our kids get older and start independent lives and families, they don’t always make it home for Christmas. It happens in the best of families. 😉 But this year feels a little (okay, maybe a lot) different because of restrictions not of our own making that may keep us from gathering all our loved ones around…
(Read Part 1–Diagnosis here, Part 2–Chemotherapy here and Part 3–Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow here) Let me just put this right here: in my opinion, radiation oncology techs are some of the most amazing people in the world. Talk about inspirational! For breast cancer patients (or at least for me), this could be one of the…
(Read Part 1–Diagnosis here and Part 2–Chemotherapy here) It turns out not all chemo cocktails cause hair loss. Mine did. After the second infusion I started losing my hair. I’m sure you’ve heard people talk about it—how you find hunks of hair on your pillow in the mornings, how handfuls of hair come out in…
Before I start this intensely personal post, I want to tell you about this most inspirational song that I strongly encourage you to listen to. I first heard it around the time I was diagnosed, and it was written by singer Kal Hourd and my cousin’s son (first cousin once removed, if you’re into that…
I should have been getting mammograms every year at my age. But I had put it off and put it off because, well, it hurt. A lot. I used to be in tears while enduring it. Sorry if that’s TMI. The machines are so much better now, thankfully, and I get mammos regularly. Well, I sort…
Just look at that face! Isn’t he the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? Meet Watson the Brave. He inspires me just by being who he is and navigating fearlessly through the world seeing only with his heart. He is actually our granddoggie—he belongs to our daughter, but when she went to Australia for medical school…