I feel young again when your favorite song popped on the radio, and that’s all it took to make your day. For Mom, it was Steve Winwood, Higher Love. She’d blare it so old Nellie would shake, and all the other cars on the road could see and hear it too. Think about it, there… Continue reading Pioneering The Great Divide & A Higher Love At Thanksgiving
Chemo does a number on your brain. Yes, chemo brain, like pregnancy brain, is real. But I can’t say I didn’t know better than to get involved with drugs in the first place. Dad used to give my sister and me the “drug talks.” You know how bad they were… or how many good people… Continue reading Cracking Chemo Brain
It takes a village to raise a chemo patient (especially during shedding season). Even still, there are those moments when I have to wonder: will I ever be normal again? By the looks of that photo from college? No. But why would I want to be? I’ve got my brothers and sisters to get me… Continue reading It Takes A Village (People) And Cupcakes
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