It was the year of my birth, BC (before cancer), and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon to plant the American flag there. And here I am, in much the same way, moonwalking through my chemo rounds. I get a hero’s send-off (my gratitude chemo board and all those prayers and well wishes), I get… Continue reading Moonwalking Through My Chemo Daze
Every week my dear friend finds a song to fit my muse. So this week I’m beating him to it because I’ve got “Anticipation” stuck in my head. It’s classic Carly Simon–what you want to sing when you find yourself waiting for something to happen. Carly can pull you through. We can never know about… Continue reading Anticipation Is Making Me Wait
I dreamt up Skylar long before we first met her sixteen years ago. Just a kid myself, I’d turn to the sky and wish upon a star. Starlight star bright first star I see tonight, I wish I may; I wish I might have this wish I wish tonight–to be a singer someday. And as… Continue reading Sky’s Sweet 16 Wishes That Already Came True
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