A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Jul 1st, 2012
“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.” – Plato For those of you who made a wish for Dave on my behalf, thank you! 2
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Jun 26th, 2012
“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” – Bernard Meltzer When we moved to California from Bangor, Maine I was in the 2nd grade. The weather here was conducive to wonderful long hot summers with loads of lakes and rivers to […]
“But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes My 1st cousin, once removed… meaning she and my father were first cousins and their fathers were brothers. The Hudson Boys, there were six of them. Uncle Herman, Jean’s father, was my father’s favorite Uncle. Her mother Corine, was about as […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Our Life on Jun 2nd, 2012
“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Unknown Wow! Once again I am absent from blogging for too long! But… rest assured I have been busy, good busy, with both my life and with things in Myelomaville. So much to catch you up on. […]
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson. It has felt soooooo good to be back on my blog. Sometimes topics just flood my mind endlessly and then other times I’m all dried up! Being away from it with little to no connectivity made it pretty […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Our Life on Apr 25th, 2012
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” – Brian Tracy Needing or asking for help from others often pushes us way outside our comfort zone. We are the ones […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Misc, Our Life on Apr 23rd, 2012
“There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.” – Alexander Woollcott, American Author Wowsa! What a trip! I was gone for about 11 days traveling back east to visit with our daughter Montana. Dave flew to Baltimore after his business meetings in Rochester and we had a fast and furious weekend […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on Apr 5th, 2012
“Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.” ~Author Unknown I haven’t posted in a while!!! Been swamped with life! A good thing in Myelomaville. So know when I’m absent for a while things are probably going gang busters! We have had a lot going on of late. Dave finally got over […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Feb 26th, 2012
“I don’t mind because I was knitting and when I’m knitting, I’m happy.” My cousin Robin when I told her I had to pull out and restart my project. So much going on. Writing on the eight labyrinths backlogged all my other newsy stuff. Last week I had a Myeloma Meet-Up with some MM folks […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on Feb 6th, 2012
“We’re here! Superrrrr Bowlllllllll!” – Text Dave has been blessed this year with a couple of companies that have gifted him with football tickets. We got two sets for the championship games with the San Francisco 49ers and then he couldn’t believe it when another company gave him two super bowl tickets! As luck would […]
Posted in Our Life on Jan 12th, 2012
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep”. – Scott Adams One of the things that happened for me when I returned from Florida over the holidays was to get my new spinning wheel out of “lay away”. During my class I took home 3 different wheels to spin on. […]
“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 Our Life on Oct 23rd, 2011
“What is most important is that we are both fighting in our own way for what we believe.” Leola Dublin Macmillan (my friend) You know I like to share “other things” here on my blog. I can’t help it, it’s my life. What I love most about it (my life), is all the amazing people […]
“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, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Oct 10th, 2011
“One day at a time–this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.” – Unknown I read once that depression […]
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 Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on Sep 8th, 2011
“The only fault I have ever found with dogs is that they don’t live as long as we do.” Jackie, My Dog Trainer First, Kip is still with us… I have had a hard week. Our beloved Kip is failing dramatically and I’m grieving terribly. Scrambling to see what is wrong and if it can […]
