10 years ago tonight, Brad and I said, “I do.” Best decision of my life. (He is really an amazing man.) One of the best pieces of pre-wedding advice I received was to stop as often as I could remember — at least every half hour or so — and really look and remember what is going on.  In essence, the advice was to take a mental picture every...

When I look at pictures of myself, I’m drawn instantly back to the feeling I had when the photo was snapped. This one is one of my all time favorites. Today I’m telling the story of my happiness: The setting is the lobby of the theater before the Nutcracker ballet just a few days ago.  Brad and I made our first trip back to this performance after eleven...

Merry Christmas! What’s been happening: – Orange Chemo left me feeling weak and shakey.  Every time I saw a couch or a bed or a chair, I felt the almost-irresistable urge to stop what I was doing and melt into it.  I wanted to curl up and rest and relax.  For the most part, I did a lot of just that: rest, relax, sleep.  My support team is really amazing...

I had Brad stop on the way home from work the other day to pick up duct tape.  For my head.  Because when you buzz your hair after chemo, the tiny little buzzed hairs are itchy, but they don’t fall out all that easily.  Another chemo patient last time around told me that she used to place strips of duct tape over her head and peel them off.  Voila!  All those...

I’m buzzing on my steroid high tonight.  Since this is my second time at the rodeo chemo, I’m sort of in the know when it comes to chemo tips and tricks.  Being an experienced chemo patient was not on the bucket list, but it does have it’s perks. Last time, it took me many, many rounds of chemo before I realized that on treatment day, I...