I’m a people pleaser, from way back. So concerned about being a bother, so very Midwestern, I’d rather risk all my toes, my feet being severed at the ankle, than ask for help rearranging the heavy living room furniture. The nonstop inner dialog
…Author: Cheryl
Lying in bed, I’m making my mental packing list for the journey of this day. I’m not going far and yet the “trip” will be arduous. Which is why this particular packing list is so critical. . . I need my creature comforts to get me
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“How many treatments have you done now?”
“3 out of 6”
“Hooray, you’re halfway through!”
I bite my lip nearly clean through.
Again, well-meaning. Again, sets me enraged. What is wrong with me?
Yes, it’s halfway in terms of time, number of
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Text: “The good news is that your hair will grow back!”
Response A: Omigosh, I did not know that! Thanks for educating me!
Response B: That changes how I feel about chemo! I’ll just turn this frown
…A Moment of Camaraderie on the Hiking Trail
Hiking along the dusty trail to the creek, my sister and I wander through fields of tiny red wildflowers as Old Sol blasts us from above. Sweat
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