Cross-posted and archived from DC Metro Moms. Original post date May 8, 2008. It's walk weekend again so I'm posting this.In some ways I am still reeling from completing the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this past weekend. Maybe it is due to the surprise visit I had from a dear old friend or simply the fact that my sleeping bag is still airing out on my deck. However I may be feeling, it was worth it! Every blister, every painful step, even the rest stops that lacked water and Gatorade it was worth it and not just because it was the first year I did not have to lie in a puddle soaked sleeping bag all night. It was my fourth year completing the walk and the second that my aunt is cancer-free. Each year it seems the list of who I walk for just gets longer and I remind myself that … [Read more...]
Healing Mama
I need a healing right now. My mind is a whizzing blur of tangled thoughts. I feel like a glowing orb of sad feelings is just emanating from me non-stop. Starting marriage counseling is probably for the best. Once started though it gets the ball rolling for more open and frank discussions that are usually left unsaid. That seems so much easier doesn't it? Not in the long run for anyone of us I know but right now I feel like a pretty sucktastic person and mother. I'm too addled and confused to feel real relevant or like I am imparting any wisdom and life skills on anyone. So I'm going to do something nice for someone else. Crunchy Chewy Mama has a friend in need. Liz has always been there for Jessica when she was in need and now Liz, a mother … [Read more...]
Copy Cat for Cancer
I know I'm fascinating and all what with my talk of butts to be wiped, sleepless nights and updates on my writin' skilz. But as I say to TD more often than I would like, "It's not always about you." Today, it's about Susan. A woman I admire and am proud to call a fellow bloggy friend needs our thoughts, prayers, good vibes or whatever it is you want to send her way. She's starting a clinical trial today for cancer. She needs us. Go read her post from today. And read this bit too. It's about Cricket's Answer and LympheDIVAS. If you comment on this post I'll donate a dollar for every non-spam comment (up to 100 comments) to the LympheDIVAS and Cricket's Answer so that a woman who needs lymphedema sleeves can have them. They can … [Read more...]
Team WhyMommy’s Virtual Science Fair
Susan is a friend of mine and fellow DC blogger and DC Metro Mom. She's the girl who always has a smile on her face and something intelligent to say no matter where we are. I love being around her. She went in for surgery today. The cancer is back. She will fight it and she will beat it. She has so much love and support and Team WhyMommy Virtual Science Fair is just a small part of that support. I think Jean from Stimeyland says it best when she states, "We want her to know that she is loved and supported. But we also want her to know that our love and support is not all because of the cancer. We love and support her because of who she is, not just because of what she has. She is not just a cancer fighter, but an incredible person, one who is passionate … [Read more...]
A Pearl of Wisdom
Cervical cancer is my ghost.When I was 21 my doctor told me she was "pretty sure" I had it. After much hysteria and testing, it turns out that she was wrong. I'm not even going to go into how insane it was that she diagnosed me like that without hard facts and reams of positive test results. I can't even describe the big sigh of relief I had for weeks on end when the results were negative. However, I've had to spend the last 12 years being extra-vigilant, enduring more tests and in general wondering if this will be my end result.While at Blogher this summer I happened to meet the group behind 'Pearl of Wisdom'. I was lucky enough to meet Michelle Whitlock and learn about her incredible survivor story. I believe, like Michelle, that the more we educate and spread awareness about this … [Read more...]