*just a side note:  I didn’t post yesterday because it was Father’s day.  My gift to Mark: no living in the past; we just enjoyed the day.  Hope you all don’t mind.* Day 6 Dictionary.com defines the following word: Naïve: 1. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous. 2. having or showing a lack … Read More

Chemo day…I know you probably think that I’d be dreading this day, but really, when you’re told you have cancer all you want is for it to be out. “Get it out!” “Get it out!”“Get it out!”It’s a never ending chant, running loops, over and over again in your head.  It’s like a bee has landed on you.  You can … Read More

Day 4 So a quick re-cap: Contemplated divorce, found a bump. Had a have-it-removed-or-I-won’t-be-home phone call from my husband Had the bump removed, told it was cancer and met with Dr. Ego. Had my surgery to install my port-a-catheter, by the way it felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest. Who knew something so tiny could put so … Read More

Day 3 It’s funny, you’d think that once you’ve heard the word cancer the impact of the word would lessen each time you had to say … it.  After a marathon of tests, where I had to give my diagnosis of cancer over and over and over again –something I’d YET to do that day without welling up with tears— … Read More

Day 2 A day before I was supposed to have my stitches removed I received a phone call from a random doctor’s office wanting to schedule a surgery.  I didn’t think anything of it, but Mark insisted I call my primary care physician.  My primary physician’s receptionist asked if I could come in that afternoon and was my husband with me.  … Read More

June is kind of a special month for me. I wasn’t born in June.I didn’t get married in June.None of my babies were born in June. But… It’s still a special month for me.Over the next 10 days I’m going to take a little departure from my usual quirky, sarcastic, often cringe worthy posts and invite you all on a … Read More