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Update 8/6/2013 7 Aug 2013 | 05:20 am
Hi all, I may not be posting much this month. Now that all three of our children are home from camp the house is busy and we are readying for school. Public school here starts the last week of August...
A flash of red (happy birthday to me) 29 Jul 2013 | 10:01 am
A flash of red amidst the green summer grass: a lone leaf, blazing in autumn clothing, a vivid premature announcement of a change of season. Perfectly waxy, thick and juicy, it could not have been t...
Waiting. Again. 19 Jul 2013 | 05:09 pm
They say that bad news is easier to deal with than uncertainty. I do believe it’s true. Give me something to deal with and eventually I figure out how to cope with it. I still am figuring out how to c...
Of one kind or another 14 Jul 2013 | 10:36 pm
I never learned how to juggle. I never could master the coordination of having control of one thing while letting go of two. And yet, in my life, I am asked to do this daily. Three children, a husban...
My brain on cancer (confessions of a recent non-reader) 5 Jul 2013 | 07:43 pm
Something happened to my brain when I heard the words “Your breast cancer has metastasized.” Suddenly, irreparably, it became a sieve. Surgical menopause without the option of hormone replacement seve...
Like dollhouse rooms left abandoned 1 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Like dollhouse rooms left abandoned The rooms stay tidy: Beds made tight, Pillows square, Hampers empty. It’s been one week since the children left for camp. Littlest Tristan was due back yester...
The changing nature of the parent/child relationship when an adult child is diagnosed with cancer 26 Jun 2013 | 05:37 pm
I’ve again invited my mother, Dr. Rita Bonchek, to write a piece for the blog. Her previous posts on the difference between guilt and regret, grieving the death of a parent, what it’s like to read my ...
If You Knew Suzy (8th anniversary) 24 Jun 2013 | 10:13 am
Today is the eight year anniversary of the death of Suzy Rosin. Suzy was special to many different people as anyone who has read the book If You Knew Suzy: A mother, a daughter, a reporter’s notebook ...
In these last remaining hours (Camp) 23 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
In these last remaining hours Before my children disappear One, Two, Three… In these last remaining hours before they go and spread their wings again, Leave this nest, I miss them already. I p...
Update 6/19/2013 20 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
Hi all, I’ve been sick with a nasty virus for the last five days, using my energy for some special end of year events with the kids. I should be back on track soon, but everything just takes longer fo...
