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This summer is the three year anniversary of my lung/brain cancer diagnosis. THREE YEARS. THREE YEARS! I’m no stranger to cancer. Lord, how I wish I was. I’ll bet you do too. Let’s see how many folks have Jack and I lost in our immediate family….. Mother Jack’s grandmother Jack’s grandfather My Uncle My AuntContinue reading “And Just like that…”

You, who are on the roadMust have a code that you can live byAnd so, become yourselfBecause the past is just a goodbye … Teach your children wellTheir father’s hell did slowly go byAnd feed them on your dreamsThe one they pick’s the one you’ll know by … Don’t you ever ask them, “Why?”If they told you,Continue reading “Teach your children well”

I’ve tried to calculate how many Keytruda/Alimta treatments I have had since being diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in July of 2019. Since I’m too lazy to go through the insurance papers to be exact, I tried to estimate and do the math myself (quit laughing). Anyhoo…. it seems to me to be aroundContinue reading “Stayin’ Alive”

Last night I chose to watch a favorite tv drama… “This is Us”…. or as Jack likes to call it, “This is Sad”. Since I am a sorry, pitiful fan I had no faith that the Memphis Grizzlies were going to win the playoff game and had gone upstairs choosing the tv show instead. BigContinue reading “And so it goes..”

Woah, we’re halfway thereWoah, livin’ on a prayerTake my hand, we’ll make it I swearWoah, livin’ on a prayerLivin’ on a prayer Apologies to my handsome friend Jon Bon Jovi…………. Prayer In 1997 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After 6 chemotherapy treatments and surgery my MD Anderson doctor recommended a stem cell transplant. TheContinue reading “Livin’ on a Prayer”

When I graduated from William Woods in 1981 the ceremony was solemn, beautiful and meaningful. Graduates lined up behind the class president who wore a robe with all the lovely embroidery of many years down the front. We were connected by, and carried, an ivy chain on our shoulders as we were led, single fileContinue reading “Tethered”

Please tell me you know the rest of the lyrics and are singing them loudly…..   Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favorite things.Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels;Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles;Wild geeseContinue reading “Raindrops on Roses”

My mother could play piano. Let me rephrase. My mother could pick out hymns on the piano. I have no earthly idea how she learned to do it because she never mentioned a teacher….. I suspect, knowing her, she taught herself. She loved music. She appreciated music. She valued music (and poetry, literature,grammar, art… andContinue reading “The Gift”

Tell the truth. How many times a day do you say “Bless your heart?” Extra points if you’re not from the south…..because we use it, abuse it and wear it the heck out. We use it sarcastically, sympathetically and sometimes when we don’t know what else to say… Examples? “Bless her heart, that dress wasContinue reading “Bless your heart”