Life: a series of experiences, hopefully many happy and joy producing experiences. However, life as a series of calm, banal, and/or effortless experiences would never in a million years produce joy or even worthwhile human beings. That’s a fact. A brutal one but nonetheless true.
Our experiences give us a chance to exercise faith, [...]
I’ve always had a hard time with suspense. It got worse about twenty years ago when I experienced a severe trauma in my family (a story for another time.)
My boy’s basketball games became nearly unendurable. I quit watching sports with my husband because the anxiety I felt propelled my mouth to make exclamations that were [...]
This is big news. This is really big news. Went to the doctor today to get the results of my P.E.T. scan. And . . . no cancer, no hint of anything to worry about. After spending the summer in radiation treatment and repercussions, all indications in October were that I [...]
I procrastinated all the way through Christmas. First there were holiday preparations. Then there was the pleasant distraction of having my son and daughter-in-law visit. Then there were the billing and insurance issues. Then there was: should I go to the the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah or have the scan done in Anchorage? [...]
The new year. Time to take stock, set goals, make plans, get ambitious. I have an abundance of projects, hopes, desires. However, they have all receded into the background noise of life as one thing has become the focus of my life: stay well, stay alive.
I am a fairly ambitious person. Mostly ambitious in [...]