I'm ending this year so tired, really tired, very tired, but in a lovely way. Not in the so-tired-and-weak way of February right after the end of chemo when I didn't have the energy to walk to the mailbox. No, a different tired. One that says I'm still not recovered from eight weeks of chemo … Continue reading Endings and births: Goodbye 2012, Welcome 2013
Month: December 2012
Presence among presents
In this time of gift-giving, I'm suggesting an extra present for your loved ones. The gift of your presence. If we'll focus on being present these next few days - being fully where we are, fully with the people who are there - we'll be giving our loved ones an extra gift. We all can … Continue reading Presence among presents
We are all connected
I've said this many times. We are all connected. I see this connection when I read Facebook and Twitter and blog posts and read news articles and watch television newscasts about the horrific shooting on Friday morning at Sandy Creek Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. We are all grieving together for the murders of those … Continue reading We are all connected
‘Tis the Season
For me, not only 'tis the season for upcoming Christmas, but it's also my birthday time. Since I'm still feeling stuck - and WAS stuck again for another seroma aspiration on Tuesday - I'm going to have a shortened post today. It's not that I'm ungrateful for another year of life. Because I certainly am … Continue reading ‘Tis the Season
Stuck
Lately, I've been feeling stuck. In a kind of limbo, a do-nothing, go-nowhere kind of place. Though I'm continuing to heal more and more from my breast cancer journey, though I have more energy, a clearer mind, and less pain, I don't know where I'm going. What's next for me??? I have all kinds of … Continue reading Stuck
eddies and currents 