Daffodils in Amity, one year post-diagnosis

This is the story of how I ended up in stranger’s yard in the middle of a hail shower, happy

reason to celebrate :)

Did you know that last week was the first week in 54 that I haven’t had a doctor’s appointment?! Hallelujah.

Breast cancer sailing retreat in the Caribbean

Remember all the times during treatment when I said I might just take off and go to the Bahamas instead? Check this out: Selah Sail. (So it’s the British Virgin Islands.  Close enough.) Oh I wish I’d known about this in time: Feb 2008 would have been a perfect time to go. The [...]

After cancerland :)

from a friend in the UK, responding to me:
” ‘Picking up the pieces after cancer’ must be a very difficult thing to do (says me, who knows nothing) but you know what, it’s a wonderful thing to read. You are PICKING UP and it’s AFTER.

phone #s I know by heart

In this land of one-touch pre-programmed dialing, there are few phone #s that I know by heart.

it’s all right, baby, it’s all right

realize that a year and two days ago your niece tried to tell you that you had cancer. before the mammogram people even called. before there was any way to “know.” ponder this. wonder how we know what we know,