A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Dec 31st, 2011
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.” – Jawaharal Nehru It’s hard to believe yet another year has gone by. It has been a good year for us, personally. Not so true for others and then some have done exceedingly […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc on Dec 24th, 2011
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.” – Horace 65-68 B.C. I have subscribed to a blog called Study Hacks for some years now. I’m a HUGE fan. This author doesn’t blog every day or even every week. But when he does, it is a turn your thinking on it’s […]
Posted in Misc on Dec 23rd, 2011
I have finally put a “Contact” tab up (across the top). This will allow some of you who might not feel comfortable leaving your comments to send me a message privately and more easily. 1
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Dec 22nd, 2011
“Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.” – Unknown When I started this blog, it was partly my own very personal need to heal from my experience of moving from sheer terror to triumphant regaining of our life. Albeit a different life than the one we had, but in […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Dec 22nd, 2011
“New and wonderful, ‘Myeloma Blessings’ came into my life last night!” – Lori Puente Wow! I have come to embrace and truly LOVE the chance encounters I have in my daily life. It’s almost as if, “who or what will come into my life today?” Will they be for me? Or will I be for […]
“Paula is one of the gifts my mother left for me before she died.” – Lori I’m off for my annual trip to Lexington, KY to visit my dear friend Paula at her place, “Rosehaven”. This annual trip started the year before my mother’s death, with the invitation for my then 10 year old daughter […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Dec 2nd, 2011
“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven’t just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.” – William F. Buckley, Jr. The problem with weaving is it can be very sedentary. I’m working on trying to get out for a […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Nov 18th, 2011
“It’s true, sometimes, when you’ve had a difficult day, or met difficult people, or been let down, disappointed, or heartbroken, it’s easy to completely forget the most important thing of all… You’re alive.” – Notes from the Universe (Mike Dooley) The quote doesn’t depict my mood, it came into me today and it conveys what […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Oct 25th, 2011
“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.” – Michel de Montaigne Dave and I have been married 30 years this year. As I have written in the past, we really stink at celebrating our anniversary and even our birthdays are a struggle. Last year […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Oct 20th, 2011
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” – Zora Neale Hurston Cancer expert Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discusses bone marrow transplantation techniques and other related therapies used for treating multiple myeloma in this video from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of 21 […]
“Even more importantly, it’s wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.” – Robert Mondavi It has been a whirlwind for me after returning from Little Rock on Friday, well, Saturday morning Little Rock time! Busy preparing scarves for the upcoming “Weaving at the Winery” (photos of our practice run) event […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Misc on Oct 16th, 2011
“Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture.” – Kak Sri It is not an easy task to find something good in the middle of a cancer diagnosis. As you travel down this path for a while, trust me, you will indeed find new and wonderful things. Hang in there. Here […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Oct 16th, 2011
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” – Mark Twain Margaret over at Margaret’s Corner has written a small article clearing up the differences between Tumeric and Cucurmin when used for improving one’s health situation, which are often used interchangeably (by me as well!). She presented it in response to […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc on Oct 15th, 2011
“Two of the holy grails of medicine – stem cell technology and precision gene therapy – have been united for the first time in humans, say scientists.” – from article 0
Posted in Misc on Sep 23rd, 2011
“A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.” – Author Unknown This week I traveled to Chicago for a myeloma event and met up with some folks I have met before, and thoroughly enjoying that, as I always do. I traveled with a fellow MMer I met the last time […]
Each day without you, is one more day closer to finding you again- Each moment a pain pierces my heart, is one more moment closer to feeling your love – Each time I cry for you, is one more time that will bring me to the day I smile and laugh, for having known you – […]
Posted in Misc on Sep 15th, 2011
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 6th, 2011
“Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” – Author Unknown A terrific post over at The Myeloma Beacon from one of my favorite MM Warriors and Writers, Sean Murray. Article Here I was privileged to meet Sean Murray in the flesh, in Arkansas. And of course as I began […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 28th, 2011
“Media, the plural of mediocrity.” – Jimmy Breslin Well the “chaos merchants” are at it again. Margaret has taken a pretty nice stab at the hub-bub. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t care what it is if they can get serious results and relief. But what I really liked about Margaret’s article actually had little to […]
“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit What a truly lovely week I have had. Yesterday, my father in law sent me this photo of a Begonia. I got a cutting of this lovely house Begonia from my friend Paula, […]
