These past couple of weeks have been (and will continue to be) filled with doctors’ appointments, errands and commitments, but my terrific hubby and I managed to sneak away Monday morning for a drive through the North Georgia mountains to look at the fall colors. Because Hurricane Sandy and the arctic cold front had already […]
Tag: musings
Writing and Real Life
The ability to put one’s thoughts and feelings into written words is a truly wonderful gift. But it can also be a bit of a curse. Throughout my journey with breast cancer, and into the aftermath of life beyond cancer, I have journaled and blogged to “keep my friends and family informed.” I know that […]
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
The other night my sons and I watched a documentary on the World War II. The Nazi government actually went around filming Jewish communities and families in order to make the rest of the German population believe they really were “the enemy.” They would purposefully pose the people in ways that suggested they were harsh, […]
A Laundry List of Gains & Losses
Today I am two…sort of. Actually, today is the second anniversary of my last chemo treatment. In one more year, I will be removed from the every-three-month oncology checkups and added to the every-six-month checkup list, which is a very good thing. I am two-thirds of the way through the highest “danger zone” for a […]
Finding Balance and Breath in the Breezes of Life
I’ve had a pretty busy March, and for the most part, busy is a really nice thing. When I think about my past two Marches I’m really quite ecstatic that I have had so much to do, AND so much energy to get it all done. Yet crazy, busy months like this one remind me […]
This IS my Home
If you’ve read my posts very long, you will realize that music plays a HUGE role in my life. It lifts me up, comforts me, calls me to action, gives me home, and makes me think. And in the Christian music world, I rarely find a song I disagree with. Today, I heard a song […]
Lent…Practicing the Art of Letting Go
For those in the Christian faith, today is Ash Wednesday–the beginning of Lent. Lent is the season of preparation for the miracle of Easter. A time when many Christians feel compelled to “sacrifice” something of value in their lives in order to more closely identify with the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross for our […]
life in between... 