“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
…Author: Cheryl
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.
…When Court Decisions Make Me Lose More Marbles.
As if I had any to spare….
In the midst of doing a million things and nothing at all, my phone chimes. I drop everything and nothing to check it.
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“Make a zine,” they said. “It’ll be fun,” they said. I like fun as much as anyone, so I leapt, head first, into that ever-beguiling “work can be FUN” pool. It sounded so simple (a zine is shorter than
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