Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Secret Benefactor

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

I realize the title of this post sounds like a bad 1970′s French porn novel, but in my case…there really is one. Earlier this week, my friend Britni of Princess and the C texted me asking if I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Back in the Saddle

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

Literally. My mother, in an effort to get me out of the house and active has sprung for riding lessons for me.  Now, I grew up taking riding lessons but it has been a good 22 years since my last … Continue reading →

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What NOT to say to a Cancer Patient

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

When I was 26 I volunteered to be a hospice counselor. In our training, they went over how to speak to someone who is dying. It turns out if you try to say things like “I Understand” no matter how … Continue reading →

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Feeling Ugly

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

The last little hairlets on my head have finally fallen out. For the last week or so, I have been proudly going out bald. For those of you who read my blog you’ll know that I shaved my head when … Continue reading →

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Fate

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Sometimes, I wonder if fate hasn’t played a hand in directing my life. If the universe has been trying to tell me something – first subtlety, and then when I didn’t listen louder. I have to wonder if my cancer … Continue reading →

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Taking the Plunge

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

  On Wednesday, February 1st 2012 my hair started to fall out. In the mandatory chemotherapy class Kaiser makes you take the oncology nurse really pushes this one detail to the extreme. I was told that within ten days after … Continue reading →

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