Tag: Mindfulness
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A great day to have a great day
Written March 16, 2022 Look who snuck out of his hospital to join me at mine! Day 18/30 Radiation, 4/6 Chemo!!! It’s a great day to have a great day as Coach Ekeler would say! (UNC Linebackers’ Coach I worked most closely with while in Grad School :)) At least he’s here in spirit
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The Batman
Written March 12, 2022 Date night was a little too dark for me, but gotta love a superhero pep talk: “Our scars can destroy us, even after the physical wounds have healed. But if we survive them, they can transform us. They can give us the power to endure, and the strength to fight.”
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Mind your own beeswax
Written March 12, 2022 A wonderful lesson I have learned is how easy it would have been to keep cancer a secret, so how true the saying “everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about” is. I chose to share my story, but I hope I always remember everyone has the choice…
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Day 14/30
Written March 10, 2022 Day 14 Recap Was with a new Radiology team today…not only did they have Taylor Swift queued up but the exact song I had requested yesterday Pain was so well managed I felt up to a Target run & Starbucks New hats & handkerchiefs to avoid any sun exposure on my…
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Mental Time Travel
Written March 10, 2022 Day 14 I woke up pain free this morning With the clarity that provides, I wanted to share a trick I learned from Mood Lifters for the tough times When I’m in a bad spot, when all I can do is breath, I find myself imagining standing at our wedding listening…
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Advocate
Written March 9, 2022 Channeling this energy today (back when I was “feelin’ 22”) Learned my spike in pain is due to an infection in my mouth – thank goodness!! There’s more options now to manage/cure that From Mr. Haig on Mountains: “In order to get over a problem it helps to look at it.…
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Pain expands us
Written March 8, 2022 Day 12 (let’s call it Tom Brady day) Pain is…getting crazy And here’s the thing…the pain is because my body is fighting cancer We purposefully created this toxic environment so I can beat this…and it’s going to be okay when we’re done. So, my Squamous Cell Carcinoma: You’re on Notice (4…
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Animal House
Written March 4, 2022 Day 10 of 30! A third of the way down! Not feeling my greatest certainly, but Bluto reminds us in Animal House “It ain’t over now, ’cause when the goin’ gets tough, the tough get goin’.” And I plan to live by that. Have a beautiful Friday, Everyone
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Love and Despair
Written February 3, 2022 Day 9 An excerpt from Matt Haig’s “The Comfort Book” on Love/despair “Albert Camus said, ‘There is no love of life without despair of life.’ When I first came across that quote I thought it was empty and pretentious and more than a little bleak. But as I grew older the…
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Beauty and Terror
Written March 1, 2022 Day 7! Almost missed my massage being preoccupied with getting sick in the bathroom – made it with 3 minutes to spare – an hour later we’re sitting in the sunshine with breakfast So many lessons this morning. On learning how to best take care of myself right now: “We escape…
a small hope 