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Take a deep breath in, then out. Take a few more deep breaths in and out. Instructions from the anesthesiologist. It must have been barely my third breath and I was asleep like a baby. 6 hours later, I was woken up by someone calling my name. No surgeons...

I know how to write songs.  I know how to give presentations to large groups of people.  I know how to drive a stick shift in Australia.   I know how to make pickled herring. I even know how to whistle.  But I have no idea how to surgically remove...

There are days like these Where nothing’s what it seems There are times like now We must get through somehow   Everything will still be here tomorrow What we said today will still be true Leave the pain, the fears and all your sorrow Every day that dawns is...

I woke up a bit too early this morning – too early and too dark to start the day just yet. So I stay in bed and let my mind wander – presenting a smorgasbord of various images and conversations, some in the past and some in the future....

Through a tunnel of snow we flew  Gasping and exhilarated  Across the edge of a cliff  With ourselves and all  We were floating – We had wings  We never knew existed     (they say they’re always there just waiting for a leap of faith)     And that was just...

Now with only one chemo treatment left to go, I think about the choices we will need to make soon. If no cancer cells remain in my body from the surgery and pathology report, it’s called a ‘complete response’. If there are remaining cancer cells still, it is called...

With Chemo No 5 fully working its way through Linda’s body, we are now contemplating the remaining treatment program with one more chemo session to go followed by surgery (May 30) and radiation later this summer.  In the best possible scenario, Linda will ‘only’ need drug therapy for the...

Some friendships are steady and solid. We are so powerfully connected, and love is real and present in our midst all the time. Even if we don’t see each other for some time, we know deep in our hearts that friendship is fulfilling and profoundly satisfying. We’ve got each...

Linda has now passed Chemo No. 4 with two more treatments to go before surgery and we’re starting to sense patterns; the first few days after all the infusions, her whole body is just really warm, her face flushed, she’s generally very tired and docile.   The second week after...

I have this image of a little girl who doesn’t get the toy she wants and complains with tears streaming down her innocent cheeks.  “It’s not fair!!!” In her world, fairness is about her getting what all the other kids got……. But did they? All of them?…… What’s fair...

On our last visit with our regular oncologist, a substitute doctor filled in for most of the appointment. As we discussed future treatment options, she shared a known-but-nonetheless-startling clarification that hadn’t yet been so clearly defined to us. she shared that the upcoming CT/PET scan that I was to...

We yearn for certainty.  What is the meaning of life?  We want to know. We strive hard for stability.  Surround ourselves with structure.  Avoid chaos at all cost. But life is more like a windstorm that swirls and tugs at the branches of the trees, ripples the water on...