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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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New Chemo
Just a brief update: On Tuesday, September 8, I received my first round of the new chemo. It was a very long day (took 5 hours total), and I was exhausted by the time I got home. Wednesday I woke with a debilitating migraine and by mid-afternoon I was throwing up, unable to even keep…
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Football
Glory to God for football games, For players all over the field Like center, quarterback. For fields plotted and pieced, striped, numbered and marked, And all gear like helmets and pads, All players running, passing and catching, Whatever is caught or dropped, With swift, slow, first down or touchdown, offense, defense, God made football through…
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Life: Some FAQs
After my last post, I have been once again overwhelmed by the love and the prayers and the comments and the ways in which y’all are holding us up as we trudge through this wearying trial. Many of you have asked questions trying to understand what this all means, what we need, how you can…
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