Alice… what's the matter?

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Introvert. Online waffler. Breast cancer fighter. Dreamer. Maybe a writer, one day…

Category: Friends

  • I’m still looking up

    A little while back I wrote about the power of being able to discuss with like-minded people how we feel about our diagnosis and treatment. It truly is a life-saver for your sanity because there are so many strange and new things to think about, find out about and decide on, both before during and after treatment – and it’s quite…

  • Happy Father’s Day, Dad

    The thing about Dads: They’re invincible, see… They don’t like to stay home With a cough or a sneeze. They tell a great story, love making you laugh; No matter the challenge, they don’t do things by half. Whenever there’s trouble, Dads won’t make a fuss: They fix things in a jiffy, Dads know magical…

  • Say what you need to say

    My New Year’s resolution for 2014 was stolen from a friend. He frequently advises people to stop and then think about what they think they need to say, and test it against these three questions: “Is it true? Is it kind? Does it need to be said?” He asserts that only if something satisfies all…

  • Girls just wanna have fun

    In the last 12 months, I have definitely had more fun, felt more alive and been more “in the present” than in most of the previous 7 years. It all started with a conversation at lunch on New Year’s Eve 2012. A friend of mine (Kristy) and I were talking about our working lives and our…

  • I really love my woolly hat

    I really love my woolly hat I wore it during chemo to keep my bald head warm at night (It’s not my favourite green, though) It has the word “POW!” on the front which was a funny thing a friend of mine would say a lot when work was full of WIN. I had a…