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There is a list.

There is a list. There’s a list. On a crinkled white page, set on a clip board on the old dresser in the kitchen. My list. One of them. My life is set against lists now. Lists of friends on online groups cheering me on. Lists of food I can…

Cancer Survival

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There is a list.
There is a list.

Jul 31

The flight of eagles

My journey beyond the cancer seas. There is a humbling that happens to me in the presence of mountains. Their tantalizing strength of ages exudes a wisdom that is inexplicably rich and unknowable. How can we ever truly know the depth of those rocks that have stood for so long…

Cancer Survival

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The flight of eagles
The flight of eagles

Jun 29

Blessed by rainbows

Journeys beyond the cancer seas. There were six of them I think, epic rainbows high above the festival site over the course of the ten days I was there. Adding to the magic of this magnificent celebration of life that is Glastonbury festival. If I look to my peripheral vision…

Cancer Survivor

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Blessed by rainbows
Blessed by rainbows

May 25

Birds of a feather and other beasts.

My journey beyond the cancer seas I stared somewhat blindly down the hospital corridor, the fuzzy shapes of staff coming toward me with little definition in their form. Im here for an eye check up. To have a nexus ‘freckle’ spot at the back of one of my retina looked…

Horses

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Birds of a feather and other beasts.
Birds of a feather and other beasts.

May 10

Full stop, next chapter.

Life beyond a cancer diagnosis. I had to stop. Just haul up and reassess. Life has been throwing too many curve balls to deal with all at once. I am mostly ok, health wise I am on a slow recovery. Its tougher than I anticipated, especially when the last six…

Refocusing

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Full stop, next chapter.
Full stop, next chapter.

Apr 30

Too much to hold onto.

My journey beyond the cancer seas And in saying that, how do we let go? I’ve just crawled out of my variation of Covid, after over a year of cancer diagnosis and the stormy seas of treatment. I am floored. Understatement of the century. I have no idea how to…

Cancer Survival

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Too much to hold onto.
Too much to hold onto.

Apr 25

Happy shities

My journey beyond the cancer seas. Yes, you read it right, I am here to wish you all happy shities! Hopefully it will bring a smile to your faces. It had me and my friend in side splitting laughter a few evenings ago, when I misheard her and thought she…

Cancer Survival

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Happy shities
Happy shities

Apr 18

The beauty of women.

My journey beyond the cancer seas There is a thrum that runs through the world, made up of fierce loyalty and deep understanding. A place where emotional richness and nurturing are found whatever the life path chosen. It has been my honour to be a part of this abundant veinof…

Cancer Survivor

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The beauty of women.
The beauty of women.

Apr 11

All the good men.

My journey over and beyond the cancer seas. I see you. All of you. My dear brothers. And I want to acknowledge your presence in my life, now and throughout my journey with this cancer story and in the rebuilding of me. Today my car broke down, and I was…

Cancer Survivor

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All the good men.
All the good men.

Apr 4

The art of invitation

My journey over the cancer seas and beyond. We have all been there. Those moments where we make a decision upon who to invite and who not to invite to any given event. Its a tricky one. When I consider the thought of throwing a large party I become assailed…

Invitations

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The art of invitation
The art of invitation
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