Monthly Archives: May 2017

In an effort to keep cancer from returning to my body, I recently started taking a chemo-prevention pill. My only real concern is staving off the major side effect, which is my own anxiety about side effects. One of the … Continue reading →

It has been four weeks since my double mastectomy. Twenty eight long slow days of not much more than resting and recovering.  I’ve spent most of my energy on healing and didn’t have much left over for other, less important … Continue reading →

Today is windy, crisp, and clear.  It rained. For forty days. It seemed a chilly, eerie, gothic dream. So hard to bear. The whole wide world was gray and brown. The dust was falling all around. It felt like years. … Continue reading →

There are so many stumbling blocks along the path to peace. Some of them are pebbles, some boulders, some mountains.  We always have choices, as we come upon each obstacle. We can choose to navigate around it, or over it, … Continue reading →

It was the day of my double mastectomy, some time around 5:30am and John was driving me to the hospital. Coldplay was on the radio. Chris Martin was singing ‘Lights will guide you home/And ignite your bones/And I will try … Continue reading →