When I got cancer in 2020, I wasn’t laughing. But I got by with a “little” help from my friends. Little being–it takes a village and lots of cupcakes. But my cancer is your suffering; we all must go through it, so we might as well have fun together. We can laugh our way through the rough patches!
I’m pulling out the reserves. I’ve been shot-up and laid near-dead six times. Yes, it’s over. Last one! Only this time, I can’t dance, let alone get up! But I dream of dancing when life breathes back into me again. Remember that A-Ha song “Take On Me”? Great song. Right now, it’s running around in… Continue reading A-Ha Take On Me
I won the No-bell Prize Thursday on my last day of hard-core chemo! You’ve got to watch the video at the end to see for yourself. But before I get started, I had my last day planned–down to the very word I’d use to describe it. Thanks to a friend who wrote, “celebrate ringing the… Continue reading My No-Bell Prize
We want what we want–like back in college. Once we’re not kids anymore, we earned some privileges. But remember that rule some well-meaning nursery school teacher taught our kids? “You get what you get and you don’t get upset? Keep that lesson for the kids. When we adults don’t get what we want, we get… Continue reading Life Gives You The Blues–Face The Music
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