Tag: Mindfulness
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The King of Rock & Roll
Written February 28, 2022 Day 6 & Start of Week 2 of 6!! Sweet sister taking me to blood work by 7:00 AM & a quote by the King of Rock & Roll “when things go wrong, don’t go with them” Chemo & radiation may tear down my body, but they cannot tear down my…
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A reason to smile
Written February 27, 2022 My sweet sweet nurse friend told me she has a face case patient just like me & the patient was so sad and discouraged with how she is & looks, so my friend told her about me & showed her how I look even a few weeks post op & the…
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Here’s hoping
Written February 25, 2022 Day 5 High 5 might be the best one yet Not going to lie & say it’s been an easy week… The Comfort Book by Matt Haig reminds me “Hope isn’t the same thing as happiness. You don’t need to be happy to be hopeful. You need instead to accept the…
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Day 4 of 30
Written February 24, 2022 Day 4 snow capped mountains on the way in, wonderful piano, befriended two women at radiation, delicious cream of wheat at the cafeteria, & my sister will be here tonight!
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Small details
Written February 22. 2022 2 Posts for 2’s Day Small details that mattered to me today… – I was up early enough to see a beautiful sunrise – It’s a cloudy day in AZ which made the mountains look especially magnificent on my way in – I was stuck in traffic & still made my…
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Demanding the sea be still
Written February 22, 2022 Day 1 of 6 for Chemo Day 2 of 30 for Radiation on 2/22/22 at 2:00 These first couple weeks should be pretty easy on me, but I am reminding myself there’s no need to worry about what may come – worrying simply means you suffer twice Alan Watts said “If…we…
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we always have a choice
Written February 12, 2022 Just dropped Sharon off at the airport & had my bandage changed in Nick’s hospital parking lot during a break in his 24 hour shift tonight Realized this will be my first night “alone” (I do have Archie…) but I had hourly care for a week from my nurses, then my…
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Amazing Grace
Written and Recorded January 25, 2022 “The only constant in life is change” Edit January 25, 2024 Gosh – this was a tough one to watch. My heart breaks for myself then. There was so much I didn’t know – what was coming, what would be, what even could be – I’m so glad I…
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Chinese Parable
Written January 24, 2022 Motivation Monday via Tom Brady’s most recent documentary episode The story he shared: “Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is…
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Anger
Written January 22, 2023 Why is anger so mean?! I’m so glad we decided to talk before taking it to Nick & I forgot to thank Anger for encouraging me to eat and for letting me know I care about a clean home – because I do! I just don’t need anger to help me…
a small hope 