Babblings

Since August, I’ve spent a good amount of time in doctors’ offices. To my neurosurgeon, and even to my ENT, I’m nothing special, just another brain tumor patient, a successful outcome, perhaps a notch in their belt. Whatever the case may be, they each did their job successfully, no doubt because they have had some……

On those teenage days when I would come home after a long school day and find my mother laying down on her bed – finally able to rest after spending a day working at the high school library, already quite ill and likely truly exhausted – I would lay next to her and hold her……

You’re not alone, even when you feel you are. Success and failure Friends and isolation  Fear and pride Joy and despair  Depression  Unemployment  Anxiety Addiction Right next door. Right in our circle. Right under our nose. We share the parenting experience  If you knew what you know now, would you have done it at all?……

Months ago and very early in my recovery process, I made the conscious decision to be grateful each day. Regardless of anything else going on, I was and am grateful to be here, not only here among the living, but here where I am today. With the people I love. In a situation where I ……

I remember the moment I saw my John, embraced in the arms of the woman who carried him off the plane more than 29 years ago. I remember her smile, her warmth, her arms, her eyes.  When Natalie was born, there was a lot going on. She was a hard-won battle, but I remember her……