Category: cancer

  • This is for a good friend, with all my love. “Song of the open road” by Walt Whitman  I do not offer the old smooth prizes, but offer rough new prizes. These are the days that must happen to you: You shall not heap up what is called riches, you shall scatter with lavish hand…

  • Tired of the misinformation, the cliches, the “feel-good” stories we’re bombarded with each October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Want to tell YOUR truth about what it’s R… Source: #BreastCancerRealityCheck–October 1, 2016

  • I can reproduce the sound of your voice in my head, As I walk, you talk; I imagine your smile. And though you are no longer sharing this air, It smells sweet, and reminds me of you.     When a pleasing thought that occurs to me Is something that we should have shared, Though…

  • It’s my birthday month and I love a good birthday, I always have. You gave me that love of birthdays. Anniversaries and significant dates are always going to be tricky… or interesting… or devastating. I am swinging wildly between them emotionally. One minute I am absolutely fine and having a laugh… and then suddenly something catches…

  • It hurts our hearts that you are gone, and this is now the end of the story of a wife, a mother, grandma, sister, friend. You’re spoken of in such fond ways, by everyone you’ve met. Your kindness and your lovely smile they never will forget. You’re still here in our photos and in voicemails…