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Dreams…

Dreams…

I've been reading a book recently called"Beauty from Ashes" by Kristen Paris. In it, she has a chapter about dreams. She says, "Eternal life gives us infinite time to continue pursuing dreams." Interesting thought. So many have talked about their fear of getting bored...

Never a Bad Hair Day 

Never a Bad Hair Day 

I came across this while cleaning out some files of resources I had collected for my book. It made me smile, and I thought it might make you smile too. I don't know who Paula is, but if someone does, I'd gladly give her credit. Never a Bad Hair Day Posted...

Happy Birthday – Special Sale!

Suspended: Living with Dying is 1 year old! Birthdays are strange things, aren't they? They remind us of where we have been and where we are headed. Sometimes those things are fun and positive, and sometimes they can be hard. Suspended has been quite the journey -...

A New Normal

A New Normal

We’re not the same as we used to be.

Those of us living with a disease have the fantasy that the medical community can wave its magic wand, and we’ll be back to where we were or even better…

A Simple Question?

A Simple Question?

“How Are You Doing?”

It’s such a simple question…until it is no longer simple.

People like me get caught up in the complexity. Trying to read the face of the asker, we wonder what they really want to know. A sliding scale from one to ten? Physically or emotionally? Generally or specifically?

When Reality Sets In

When Reality Sets In

There is a moment between the adrenaline of diagnosis and the weariness of treatment when the reality of our disease sets in.