Tag Archives: cancer
Voice of Cautious Reason
The results came for my recent mammogram. When I saw the email I pretty much knew it was okay because surely they would not let someone find out there were reasons of concern through an email or web site..would they? … Continue reading
The Most Important Test
In a couple hours, I will be going for the test that once saved my life, or in the very least my breast. After a lapse of four years, I am going for my mammogram. Once during an appointment a … Continue reading
March Sixth; In Memory and Honor
One reason why I participate in Relay for Life. I have two brothers, one who lives on the other side of town and one who now resides in Heaven. He was twenty-three months younger than me, but so much more … Continue reading
February Twenty-eighth; Not Alone
I decided to do it again anyway, just a little differently. I recently signed up for our local Relay for Life event, only this time as a team member instead of captain. Try as I might, with such limited resources, … Continue reading
November Twenty-fifth May we Remember, Realize and be Grateful
And it has begun. I wandered into the kitchen and started a pot of coffee. I have fed the cats and added wood to the wood stove. I’ll have to check and see if the fire built back up as … Continue reading
November Twelfth Thankful for Distance
Distance The conversation went from talking about my grand or great nephew (both fit in several ways) bagging a deer to her washing machine to my past relationships. How? With mom it is easy. At the point where it became … Continue reading
September Twenty-ninth Moving Beyond and Through A Jaded Heart To One of Kindness and Compassion
We become desensitized. I recall as a child, seeing the commercials on television for the starving children. I saw the commercials for the animals being mistreated. The commercials did to a child’s heart what they intended. Other kids were hungry … Continue reading
September Twenty-eighth; When a Come Apart, is a Come Together
It happens. Life sometimes hands us stuff that sends us right to the edge of a come apart. I wrote a little about that yesterday, ‘come apart’ old time southern slang for losing your cool. There are obviously, some things … Continue reading
Day270; Footnotes Its All Ducky Preparing for Show and Shine
DING!! Star, my Jeep, was letting me know something. I needed to go to the bank today. I was being sort of lazy and didn’t want to go for what ever reason. I finished my morning post, after lunch, and … Continue reading
Words from The Dirt Road 