A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts on Jan 2nd, 2014
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust The new year, following holiday festivities that sometimes seem to never end and have angst and stress for some, always brings about a time of reflection for me. While later in my life […]
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 […]
Posted in Our Life on Jun 5th, 2011
“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.” – Thomas Jefferson 1
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on May 15th, 2011
“Mommy – I can’t wait until I grow up and have blond hair and blue eyes like you.” – Tani, Age 4 Montana and I were getting ready together for our day in my bathroom. I was putting on my makeup and she was preparing for me to do pigtails or a braid, whichever trend […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 29th, 2011
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.” – Joseph Campbell As I alluded to in a recent post “Prayerful Thoughts”, two of my myeloma friends are struggling at the moment. One chose to manage his disease and has done it quite well for some time. Another who had failed […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 20th, 2011
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” – C.C. Scott Two of my myeloma buddies aren’t doing so well at the moment. Their numbers are rising, there is concern. One I’m very close to and have garnered deep affection for. The other a blogger I’ve never met and have come […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Misc on Aug 20th, 2010
“To understand everything is to forgive everything.” – Buddha I hear a lot of complaints from Cancer patients and Caregivers about how “people” don’t understand! Often they are either sad or angry about this revelation in their relationships. It saddens me, of course, with everything they are going through, to have this added point […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 19th, 2010
“They restored my faith and my hope by helping me.” – Tyler Jones If you are having trouble with your care, every hospital facility has a Social Worker that is on staff at the hospital. Sometimes they have fancy names, but search them out, ask for them. Even if your not having trouble it is […]
