Materfamilias Writes

A bit of down, a lot of Up, makin’ like Sisyphus but with way more joy

A bit of down, a lot of Up, makin’ like Sisyphus but with way more joy

The weekend went fairly well — mom stayed on the waitlist so I didn’t drive her to chemo on Friday, nor did I get to take her wig-buying (in anticipation of the chemo’s predicted effects),…

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Down Days and Odd Dreams and Soldiering On

Down Days and Odd Dreams and Soldiering On

It turns out that mom now has to have chemo, followed by radiation, as the cancer has been a bit more aggressive/invasive than we’d hoped. However, she has good medical support and much support at…

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Blogging AND OTHER Obligations

Blogging AND OTHER Obligations

I’m having to remind myself today that I believe in “Blogging Without Obligations,” but my personality makes that a challenge — I start feeling uncomfortable when I’ve gone more than three or four days, yet…

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Some Cold, Some Warmth, Much Random . . .

Some Cold, Some Warmth, Much Random . . .

We have been living in freezing fog for over a week now. Yesterday, fortunate enough to take in a reading by the visiting Saanich poet Philip Kevin Paul, I was mesmerized not only by the…

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calming down in the fog

calming down in the fog

First, thanks to those of you who wished my mom and my family well as she went through surgery and the following treatment period. Surgery went well on Friday, only the second of its laparoscopically-guided…

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