Archive for August 2014
Cancerversary: I remember because I can't forget
Today is my cancerversary. Two years ago today a doctor told me that I had cancer. Just as I was waking up from anesthesia, he shoved an 8 1/2 x 11 photograph in my face of the tumor he removed. Less than an hour later I was treated intravesically with mitomycin, a procedure I have... Read more »
First, do no harm
Tonight is ChicagoNow’s Blogapalooz-Hour. Our community managers give us a prompt and we have one hour to write and publish our posts. This was our prompt tonight: “Write a letter to someone or some entity with whom you have had a disagreement.” This is my letter. You can see all the posts for tonight’s challenge... Read more »
Life in the slow lane
This is part of ChicagoNow’s This Blogger’s Life series, “Seeing the Other Side” You know how irritating it is to be in a hurry and get stuck behind someone who is shuffling or ambling? Maybe you don’t get irritated by slow pokes, but I’m a person who moves at the speed of sound. In the... Read more »
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David Gray comes to Chicago: Ain’t this life so sweet
I won’t lie to you. If it were up to me David Gray would be put into a perfect room with a piano, a guitar and a small group of devoted fans. That sweet, true voice would fill the room and we’d hear every word he sang. We’d move up and down the scale of... Read more »
The privilege of a mother-in-law
My mother-in-law is, without doubt, the most important woman in my adult life. Whether its cooking or parenting, aging or coping, I’ve been watching my mother-in-law for more than 20 years and learning from her about how to be an adult Some days I think I’ve definitely learned a thing or two. Other days I... Read more »
Reaching out one more time
I haven’t been writing much for this blog in the past month. It’s summer, which usually means more time to write and think and gather information that I hope can help folks. I’ve had a hard time writing, though, because I’ve been weighed down by life. There aren’t many good things about cancer. Actually there... Read more »
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