I plop down in a chair, engulfed and hidden deep within the folds of my husbands ginormous, full length down coat which I’ve hijacked this winter. I’m always cold, my thyroid wreaks havoc on my internal thermostat. I pull out my cellphone read my emails and begin playing BookWorm, my newest app obsession. My full [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Sharing Family Genes: BRCA 1, Keep This One, I Don’t Want It.
May 23rd, 2010 
admin My family has *that* gene. You know, that *whispers* cancer gene. The BRCA1. That damn killer. It’s a murderer. It starts out a quiet creeper, settling down and making itself comfy and then it has a party of chaos and destruction with your internal organs. Yeah. That one. A bunch of my family members. Close [...]
A Virtual Lemonade Stand
April 30th, 2010 admin My daughter and a couple of her friends felt helpless when their friend died yesterday. They have actually felt helpless through her entire struggle with cancer. They felt the need to band together and do something. So, they decided on a lemonade stand to generate funds to donate to Childrens Cancer Research Fund, one of [...]
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Tags: cancer, childrens cancer research fund, haley nathan, virtual lemonade stand 
6 Comments »Life, Death And Children
April 21st, 2010 admin So often I find myself seething in anger and frustration. My kids drive me insane so much of the time. I am easily exasperated and annoyed. I pray to win the lottery so that I can get a bigger house with a separate wing that houses the menagerie of children that live with me and [...]
Insurance Companies…What Are You Thinking?
November 4th, 2008 admin My cousin just had a hysterectomy. Cancer. And it is in her colon too. I have a friend who had been diagnosed with cancer a few years ago. It scared me. So…I made an appointment with my internist. I asked for a slew of blood tests. Because my whole family has heart disease, I wanted [...]
