I recently hit a rough patch in my treatment. The radiation sessions were harder than I expected them to be. I also didn’t expect how hard this would be on my husband who could only watch. There was nothing he could do to stop my pain.
When I was in second grade, I read a book titled, “Fortunately, Unfortunately.”
My husband and I consider ourselves to be part Italian.
I grew up attending church and heard all sorts of stories about God.
I finished graduate school in 1982, earning a master’s degree from the University of Redlands in Communicative Disorders.
Carpe diem. Today, not tomorrow.
Change can be difficult for someone who likes things to be predictable.
Life goes on.
October has arrived. It’s the time of Halloween decorations, pumpkin spice lattes, and hopefully cooler weather. We pull out our home décor items with Fall colors of red, orange, and brown. We walk past the candy aisles in the stores and wonder if it’s too soon to start buying Halloween candy. October also means we …
I’m feeling sad right now. I’m also feeling a little bit angry and a little bit helpless. In my July post, I wrote about a woman who I have been following on the Breast Cancer forum. Her forum name was “moth,” and she had a blog called “Never Tell Me the Odds.” I wrote that …
“Don’t sweat the little things.” How often have I heard that one? I’ve seen pictures, drawings, Instagram posts, and so on of someone in a “situation” where the caption reads, “Don’t sweat the little things.” There are endless how-to books written on the subject. Workbooks, daily devotional books, journals – you name it. There are …
GUILT. How does that word make you feel? Erma Bombeck said, “Guilt is the gift that keeps on giving.” John D. MacDonald wrote, “Guilt is the most merciless disease of man.” Arthur Buchwald penned, “When we grieve, tears and guilt get mixed together.” I think Arthur Buchwald’s quote resonates the most with me. When we …
I don’t like to admit this, but I love control. I wouldn’t call myself a control freak, but when so much of life feels chaotic, I crave control over JUST SOMETHING. Give me just one tiny, little thing I can control. That’s all I ask. I can’t control the weather, traffic, or the cost of …