I have been nominated for another award! It's still a bit of a shock when people I know comment, but it's a whole other thing when fellow bloggers engage. Jordyn from https://thechronicallyunimaginable.blog/ is one of those fellow bloggers, she not only follows me and comments on my posts, she has nominated me for this award … Continue reading Mystery Blogging Award
Here's a secret about me that I hadn't shared publicly until recently -- I'm fascinated by tattoos. I've always wanted to get tattoos. Seriously. But I was born into a really conservative family and then I chose a really conservative profession. I decided to live in an area that attracts more conservative people than not … Continue reading Tattoos, Part I
I attended the Day of Caring for Breast Cancer Awareness, South Florida in 2018 for the second time. The first time I attended was over a decade ago when my mother was a model of hope. May of 2019 was the third time I attended and this year, I was honored to participate as a … Continue reading Day of Caring, 2019
Many people reading this blog post will know that I have a Bachelors degree in English with a Literature concentration. That basically meant that once I got the general education classes out of the way, I spent three (3) years in college reading a variety of literature, then analyzing and discussing the meaning, themes, or … Continue reading Unspoken Ink
I recently discovered Jan Richardson and her blessings resonate with so many things, but this book especially has touched me in the midst of the treatment I'm enduring for stage IV metastatic breast cancer. She wrote this particular book in the middle of and as she lived her life in the aftermath of her husband's … Continue reading Book Review: The Cure for Sorrow
I see it all the time and, at times, have done it myself, belittling and/or comparing the struggles of others. Especially when the struggles of others are specific to struggles you yourself have overcome. It is so easy to look back and gloss over the detailed bits, to forget the triggers, to urge too hard … Continue reading Everyone is different
I've lived in places where the 4th of July is the biggest party you can imagine. I still remember seeing the fireworks set to music on the radio in Washington DC when I was a kid and I went to law school in Virginia Beach, which has 5 military bases in very close proximity. Many … Continue reading 4th of July
I was listening to a piece on NPR a few months ago about how Anger and Depression go together. I've heard that a definition of depression is anger turned inward, so this link is not surprising to me. As an introvert, I'm pretty familiar with the inward turning concept, that's my normal modus operandi and … Continue reading Anger and Depression
There have been some blog posts disseminated recently about the use of the bell to celebrate the end of treatment in infusion or radiation centers. The vitriol displayed by many has been a surprise to me. As with many elements of the experience in #CancerLand, so many people have strong opinions, yet it is the … Continue reading The Bell
March 8, 2017, I received my breast cancer diagnosis and on June 27, 2017, I was told that I had actually been Stage IV from the beginning (aka de novo). I've marked the former as my cancerversary for the last two years and yet the latter needs some sort of acknowledgement. It was the latter … Continue reading My 2nd Metaversary
No Half Measures 