This is a throwback post from my caringbridge.org site posting of Wednesday, March 24, 2010, posted about a month after my lumpectomy. After the lumpectomy, my breast surgeon had an MRI done, and a 2nd very small lump in a hard to reach spot in my … [Read more...]
Time To Throw Away the College Guides
Today I threw the college guides into the recycling bin. What a relief. They've been on the family room coffee table for 5+years, sometimes sitting on the top, sometimes buried underneath on the bottom shelf among the various other magazines and … [Read more...]
Taught How To Fly
I love this quote. My kids have just had birthdays; my oldest is 20, my youngest is now 18. The quote above has been haunting me over the past few months, because at this stage, I'm reevaluating so many things in my life. My role as mom is slowly … [Read more...]
An Open Letter To Myself About Breast Cancer
In February, it will be a full 6 years since my diagnosis and subsequent treatment for breast cancer and I no longer feel a burning need to write about that time of my life. The fact that I'm 6 years out has somewhat released me. I don't feel as … [Read more...]
Memories Of My Grandmother’s Cooking
As we’d enter the hallway of her apartment building, the smells of Grandma Schmidt’s crispy fried potatoes and roasted chicken would float down the stairwell so strongly that we’d all begin to salivate within moments of walking in the door. We’d talk … [Read more...]
Who Else Remembers Tony Home Perms?
As a child, it seemed that my mother was constantly ironing. Every night, we’d watch TV in the rec room and she’d stand behind us at the ironing board with a pile of washed, dampened and starched shirts rolled up in a ball and stored … [Read more...]
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