I am the daughter and the granddaughter of combat veterans. I have learned to see, and slowly understand, the negative impacts of post-traumatic stress on warriors and their families. In my personal life, my experience with my father led me
A year later. A year ago today I was in the hospital having my uterus and one ovary removed from my body. I describe what lead up to that procedure in this BLOG POST, but today I want to revel
I have been blessed to have received much healing assistance in many forms recently. I am surrounded by many energy workers, shamanic journeyers, wordsmiths and people with beautiful healing presences. As I let people know about my experience with Cancer,
I am in between the worlds. The tumor in my body has been removed, and I have not yet heard it’s “diagnosis” i.e. which “grade” they say it is…? Each “grade” is a potential reality that holds a unique set
I had surgery two days ago. While it went well, there are still unknowns in my situation. After returning home last night I found the following writing from the week before surgery. I decided that rather than hide it in
I learned a new word recently. Liposarcoma (look it up, you should learn it as well). There is one growing in my thigh. At this point it is extremely large. What I have been thinking (for months) has been an
I had the opportunity in August to travel to Oregon to attend the wedding of a childhood friend. A friend traveled with me, and she was curious to see where I grew up, and asked for a tour. I have
