Monthly Archives: December 2011
my awesome friends
So now I know I was on the right track with my earlier post which has incidentally proven to be shall we say slightly locally controversial…I have yet to understand why my opinions can be like lightning rods. I am … Continue reading
even the grinch would find this driveltastically rude…..
A post that has nothing to do with breast cancer. It’s just when I find something that is on a “news” site the day after Christmas that I can’t decide if the author was raised in a barn or is just … Continue reading
ghosts of christmas past….
Today a year ago, my sister became a widow, when my awesome brother-in-law died after a 3 week bout with peritoneal mesothelioma. Needless to say I was thinking about him today. My brother-in-law was loving and kind. He had an … Continue reading
the cookie chronicles
Did I mention I like to bake? So I told you guys about this awesome baking blog I discovered called “Baking Bites”, right? Well between that and Betty Crocker and AllRecipes.com , I found my cookie inspiration and truly regained my baking … Continue reading
five things
No, not a magnum opus, just a small post that was sparked by a woman I know who is going through the breast cancer dance herself in 2011. Her name is Gwen, and she is an amazing woman and a … Continue reading
visiting with a neighbor
Today I saw a neighbor I had not seen in close to a year. He is part of the fabric of my neighborhood. He is older and had a fall which really incapcitated him, and has also had prostate cancer. … Continue reading
post breast cancer: keeping the faith and being yourself
One of the things about breast cancer, is it changes who you are irrevocably in a sense, but on the same hand it shouldn’t change who you are. That sounds like a circle, but women who have had breast cancer … Continue reading
celebrating life
2011 continues to do the December count down, and with all its craziness, there have been many happy events. This weekend was no exception. Yesterday evening one of my Karens got married in Mt. Joy, PA. Surrounded by friends, in … Continue reading
christmas wish…
I was pondering something today ….and it’s simple. I have been so blessed by the gifts of love bestowed upon me by my friends and family in 2011 and because of these gifts I got through a bout of breast … Continue reading
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera
NBC Nightly News and reporter Robert Bazell did a report on Oncotype Dx tonight. Of course, once you have danced even a small dance with breast cancer, Oncotype Dx is not foreign to you. If you are like me, you might … Continue reading