It was like any other Tuesday –Routine. Work. Long day. Going to pick up my kid from softball practice. Plans for dinner when we get home. Except what was different –Friday is looming. Denial
Chronic. Persistent. Long-lasting. Perpetual. Stubborn. Insistent. Unrelenting. Constant. Incessant. Such is the pain and loss, literal and figurative, of cancer. Surviving comes at a high price. #thisissurvivorship. Chronic. Persistent. Long-lasting. Perpetual. Stubborn. Insistent. Unrelenting.
I’ve been on some emotional amusement park rides the last few days. The rollercoaster. The depth drop. The spinning teacups. The flying swings. You name it, I’ve ridden it. It’s been a little bit
I wasn’t worth much yesterday in the general sense of the phrase. I could hardly participate in conversations, my words sluggish to surface. I had so little motivation and energy to get out of
Oh August 7. You are a hard day. I find myself a little lofty today…like, floaty sort of. Triggered for sure. Think of an old Tom & Jerry cartoon…Jerry, a slight cheese smell wafting
I feel so disconnected today…my head from my body, my heart from my head, my gut from my heart…ugh. I’m foggy headed. I am struggling to put any two thoughts together to make any
The pendulum swings. . . I was pleased and at peace a while ago. Traveling home from a great trip. Hearing my daughter talk about her experience at her college visit and how thrilled
Today I am overwhelmed by all of the emotions. It’s August. I just don’t have the ability to put words together to make any sense tonight. . . This Day in 2018: August. It’s
August starts tomorrow. For me, August holds some painful memories. And August is just the beginning of a whole slew of months with painful memories. So, today, as July wraps up, I wanted to
“It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” Unknown “Will it be easy? Nope. Worth it? Absolutely? Unknown My kid is about to do something that