Category: The Library
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Celebrating the Big and Small
“Celebrate the little things in life, appreciate tomorrow…never condemn yourself to a life without cause to celebrate and be thankful for what you have. Never forget the people you love and love them when you have an occasion to do so. Celebrate their life and celebrate yours.” (~Anonymous) Look up “celebration” on google and you’ll…
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Quiet Worship
It hurts. It hurts to sing. Sometimes physically, but not usually. The speech therapist has said the best thing I can do is talk…use the vocal cord that works so it stays strong and perhaps will even strengthen. So I talk. And it croaks out, some days husky and hoarse, some days squeaky and mousey…
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Warmth and Kindness and Love
Yesterday I was sitting in the cancer center (also known as my second home) waiting for them to take me back for blood work, when the nutritionist on staff walked by me. She smiled and stopped when she saw me and greeted me asking how I was doing. She remembered. She remembered sitting with me…
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There’s Beauty in the Downside
“Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what’s important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them. My friend Gilda Radner used to say, ‘If it wasn’t for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and everyone would want it.’…
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Our Normal Life
Recently, someone posed the question to Brian, “I don’t know you well, but I know your wife has cancer. What is that like, living with cancer?” Brian struggled to respond, not because he didn’t know the person well and didn’t want to share. He struggled because he didn’t even know how to answer. How do…
A Spring of Joy 