As a young woman in college, I was taught a lot of lessons by musical artist Ani Defranco, as many were in my time. Among the most important lessons was that “buildings and bridges are made to bend in the wind/to withstand the world that’s what it takes.” The fact of it was one that I had… Continue reading Buildings and bridges
Husband, Daughter, and I went out for a nice dinner last night. It was a way to celebrate spring break and probably our last opportunity to go out as a family for quite a while. The food was wonderful and the conversation was easily some of the best we’ve ever had as a family. On… Continue reading Best ever
I’m so tired. I have a surgery date and a general plan for my second one- YAY!- but it has not been the relief that I thought it was. I truly expected there to be a weight lifted off of me, and I suppose there was, but it only lasted about 3 hours. Then I… Continue reading mantra
The family decided that we needed an opportunity to run away for a weekend. It’s just been so hard around here lately, and everything is a heavy conversation. Husband and I try to keep things lighter at times, especially for Daughter, but we all felt like everything inevitably came back to cancer talk or surgery… Continue reading Escaping
http://www.playbuzz.com/katrinalightson10/whats-your-anger-type I think, in general, I have handled my diagnosis and the major changes that are coming up in my life well. I have had appropriate moments of being overwhelmed and upset, but they are only moments. I recover relatively fast and move on. The past couple days, though, have been just too… Continue reading Angry
I’ve been hesitant to write this post, any post, really, because I’m in a crummy place right now. I’m still not ready to share what the next year and a half of my life is going to look like because I still have mjxed feelings of fear, guilt, embarrassment, humiliation, and a thousand other thinks… Continue reading What I’ll find
When I found out I needed surgery, I went into that mode many women I know enter wherein I knew I needed to get my home life together. I needed to clean, organize, and prepare. I needed post surgery undergarments, a clean and rearranged space in which to recover, and the fridge needed to be… Continue reading Food, glorious food
As you’ll remember, I really didn’t want this to become a cancer blog. Long term, maybe it won’t be, but for right now cancer is a part of my life from which I cannot disassociate, and I hate that. I mean, I know it makes sense that it’s all I’m thinking about right now, but… Continue reading OK, so it’s a cancer blog
As I was trying to fall asleep last night I whispered to Husband, “I don’t know how to be Cancer Lady.” He told me, “Ok. You don’t have to be Cancer Lady. You have to be Elizabeth. You’re good at it. Besides, Cancer Lady sounds terrible; don’t be her,” and he promptly fell asleep. That… Continue reading Not a cancer blog
I have worked for a lot of people in my life so far, and not all of them have been the best bosses. One that I had was a good person but struggled with the job as principal; it was just not the right fit at that time. Still, she had these nuggets of pure wisdom, and… Continue reading Assume good intent
Elephants in the Room 