The things I wasn’t writing.
I have a confession to make. For a few months I’ve had a very specific worry hanging over my head, and I haven’t written about it here at all. A little while back I wrote about feeling “unready,” and that was the closest I came to talking about it. In October I had a routine [...]
January 9, 2011
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Talking it out.
A few weeks ago there was an episode of House entitled “Private Lives.” Laura Prepon (of That ‘70s Show fame) was the guest star and patient-of-the-week, a blogger whose entire life is lived out in the open. She first becomes ill while she is sitting up late at night, blogging about an argument she just [...]
March 23, 2010
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Tags: body, health, self · Posted in: Uncategorized
A moment of levity!
They do happen! If I, or anyone in my family, ever lost our sense of humor, it would be a loss as keenly felt as that of a limb. Yesterday I went to visit Dad after work, as per usual. When I arrived, he was holding…mattress ads. Yes, my father, laying in the hospital, dying [...]
September 2, 2009
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Tags: cancer, dad, family, health · Posted in: Uncategorized
Which questions?
One of the things recommended to me from several sources has been, “Ask questions!” Tonight I spent some time writing down a list of questions to ask the oncologist tomorrow. My brother and I are going with my parents to the initial appointment, and the long process of learning about cancer and what the hell [...]
August 13, 2009
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Tags: dad, health, questions · Posted in: family
The best laid plans…
…somethin’ aft agley, somethin’. When I started this blog with the idea of writing in a more deliberate and thoughtful manner, I thought I would write nice drafts, keep a log of ideas offline, expand and polish them with care. In my brain, a week or two ago, I was working on a post about [...]
July 29, 2009
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