"I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to 'cut back.' From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible."
(Erma Bombeck)
Monday, May 11, 2009 at 2:40PM I had a wonderful Mother’s Day this year. The reason it was wonderful is because I spent it with my favorite people, my family. I had been cooped up in the house for three days with a respiratory bug. And even though I wasn’t completely up to par, I felt well enough to go to church. Afterwards, my husband and daughter took me out for a delicious meal and then we stopped at my mom and dad’s to visit.
Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 2:25PM I just finished reading a book called, Dancing In Limbo. It’s written by two female cancer survivors for people who have finished cancer treatment and are left to deal with the unanticipated emotional fallout. I highlighted the heck out of the book because there was so much in it that I could relate to. Cancer survivors are often caught off guard when they finish treatment because everyone expects them to be happy that it’s over and they can now “get on with life.” However, it’s common for survivors to experience a sort of “post-traumatic stress” reaction. Now that they are no longer doing something proactive about the cancer, fear of recurrence sets in. The grief that one normally experiences with this type of thing has been postponed in order to psychologically gear up for getting through treatment. Once it’s done, the grief, realization of what has been lost, and depression set in.
