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October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Homemade Kindness

I enjoy making things. After breast cancer five years ago, I took up quilting. Cutting fabric into small pieces and

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Life Made Full with Animals, Telling Stories  6 Comments

August 21, 2020

Maizey

Maizey is crazy. We call her that and we are the ones who love her. Whether I tell Maizey’s story

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May 17, 2019May 17, 2019

I Hear Voices

Not all the time, but fairly persistently throughout my youth and adulthood, I wished for the ability to connect with

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December 20, 2018

Back in the Saddle

I actually used that phase on someone this week. “Glad to hear you’re back in the saddle”, texted in response

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Beyond Breast Cancer, Life Made Full with Animals  5 Comments

February 27, 2018

A Puppy and Some Ponies

So, um yes, if you read my last post you know that I was in need of some lifting up

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Beyond Breast Cancer, Life Made Full with Animals  2 Comments

June 19, 2017

Giddyup

I rode three horses yesterday and two today, plus mucking and mowing, and general take-care-of-the-farm work. A year ago, I

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May 17, 2017

Quilting is not an Aerobic Activity

I have my legs back. My feet, too, and — almost — my hands. Two weeks short of switching (some

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May 3, 2017May 3, 2017

Caretaking Hope

I don’t want to do it anymore. I don’t want to take that daily little pill to help my body

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Beyond Breast Cancer, Life Made Full with Animals  4 Comments

April 19, 2017April 20, 2017

Cancerversary

I couldn’t find this in my cancer tour guide book; the section on how to determine your cancer-free landmark. It is an important

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Because I Made it Myself..., Beyond Breast Cancer  4 Comments

November 3, 2016

Stitched Together

I am keeping track and can now count on one hand the number of days until my next surgery. I

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October 11, 2016October 11, 2016

“Just Is”

“Just is”– my new motto. I would have it tattooed on some part of my body if I were brave

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Beyond Breast Cancer, Life Made Full with Animals  18 Comments

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016

Just Jump

What do you want to be when you grow up? Me, I wanted to be a therapist — a child therapist,

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Life Made Full with Animals  3 Comments

August 19, 2016August 19, 2016

Beauty

Reagan left. She was here for a week, shouldering by herself the big task of keeping me company in addition to completing

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Beyond Breast Cancer, Life Made Full with Animals  2 Comments

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016

Keeper of the Flame

I am sitting upright now, a thing I haven’t been doing much of these last few days. Surgery on Tuesday went

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June 25, 2016

Piece Work

    I am learning to quilt. Well actually, until just this moment, I have been devoted to learning about quilting.

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Beyond Breast Cancer, Life Made Full with Animals  5 Comments

May 20, 2016

Sixteen

Two weeks ago we met with our oncologist and I mean that in the very personal and possessive sense of

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May 12, 2016June 2, 2016

Recuperating with Dogs

Life goes on. How utterly simple and confounding. The essential acts of waking and sleeping and being (relatively) alive and conscious will

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April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

Normal Days

I have only lost “normal” to the extent that I thought that I “had” normal in the first place. I do not want my past life back. I do not want it, because it is not mine to have. I want the life I have now, this present moment.

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Beyond Breast Cancer, Life Made Full with Animals  5 Comments

April 22, 2016

Turn the Truck Around

Fear can take up a lot of room, if given even half a chance. In spite of your mighty efforts at optimism,

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April 18, 2016

Bumps in the Road

I have breast cancer. Trust me, I didn’t see that one coming. There is no history of it in our

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