Three days from today, we will be on a plane. Wanna know where we are headed? Here’s a clue: That’s right — our long-overdue and twice-cancelled month in Europe is actually happening this time. For those of you who don’t remember, Mom and I were headed to Italy in early March of 2020 to spend […]
(With apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez) It used to be so easy; you searched for a deal on a flight, booked accommodations, dug out your passport and any foreign currency leftover from your last European adventure, went to the airport and subjected yourself to screenings and pat-downs, got on the plane and woke up in […]
So this is a new wrinkle. It’s been 3 years since my hysterectomy and my first round of chemo. And a bit more than two years since I entered remission. Up until now, I’ve been riding high on great bloodwork, clear CT scans and positive check-ups with my oncologist. Now this. I’ve had issues with […]
While I started out as a traditional quilter, I’ve found myself increasingly drawn to art quilts. Now I have a project that will challenge my abilities and tap both my technical and creative skills.
These days, it seems like the whole world is fluctuating between obsessing about toilet paper and trying to find ways to help neighbors and friends. While mom and I are doing little things for others — ordering meals and groceries from local businesses, dropping off groceries and supplies for neighbors and friends, etc. — it […]
Five weeks from today, mom and I will be in a last-minute frenzy of packing for another adventure. That’s right, we’re heading back to Italy! This time, we’ll spend the month Lucca, a town in western Tuscany about 30 minutes from Pisa and 40 minutes from the Mediterranean coast. We weren’t planning on doing another […]
I met my GYN oncologist exactly 24 months ago. Our first appointment with Dr. Puls was filled with fear, uncertainty, dread and sadness…probably a pretty typical first appointment in his line of work. But despite the heaviness of our conversation, when he basically told me that even if I were to go along with his […]
Had my 9-month check in with the oncologist today. Despite getting the results of my CA-125 blood tests the week before (the numbers continue to be in single digits, which is excellent) and the lack of any physical symptoms, I still find myself anxious and unsettled as these appointments approach, and have a hard time […]
Full disclosure: I’m writing this blog posts (and will write the next few as well) from my home office in South Carolina. Due to a rather slow internet connection in our hotel room that made it TORTURE to upload images, and a few other circumstances that I’ll talk about in this post, I never got […]
How do you know you are in the tourist zone of any European city? Pickpockets and tricksters abound. Well, I guess there are enough of them to compel someone to post this outside one of the major churches in the city. You also know by the number of horse-drawn carriages (or in Venice, gondolas) ferrying […]
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