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A Breast Cancer Super Hero

Life Lessons From Tucker

When I Was A Teenager, Bob Dylan Was My Role Model

Making Good Choices

There’s No Cure Like Travel

“And there’s no cure like travel To help you unravel The worries of living today. When the poor brain is cracking There’s nothing like packing A suitcase and sailing away.” –– Cole Porter I’m off for a weekend to see one of my best friends, in Fort Worth Texas! Yahoo, when I googled the Fort […]

Love the La La Land Soundtrack

Have you heard the soundtrack from “Lalaland?” I’m just completely and utterly in love with it. I saw the movie over the holidays and downloaded the soundtrack that same night. Since then, I’ve listened to it about eleven bajillion times and it just grows and grows on me. It’s a mix of jazz, classical and old […]

I Thought My Mom Was Angry, But She Was Just Keeping Her Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis a Secret

When I was a young child, I always thought my mom was angry most of her life because she didn’t want us, wished she hadn’t had kids, didn’t like being a mom. Then, when she passed away 5 years ago, I had the chance to read some of her old journals where she made […]

What To Give to Someone Who’s Diagnosed With Cancer

I never used to know what to do when someone got sick. I’d be afraid to bring it up to them, afraid to ask them about it, afraid to offer help. Worried that I’d intrude or say the wrong thing. When I was diagnosed, I was so afraid to talk about it at first, but […]

10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was In My 30’s

Lately I’ve been thinking about how wise I’ve become. If you haven’t snort laughed yet, you should. I would never have referred to myself as the wise type. But, now that I’m in my 50’s (God, how old that sounds), I am a whole lot wiser than I was in my 30’s and 40’s. Here’s […]