You know those perfect romantic comedies. You know the one’s right? The story where two people meet and it’s kismet, instant connection, sharp wit and endless hijinks. The couple is invariably torn apart by a stupid friend, a drunken mistake or a disastrous bout of physical comedy induced accidents. In the end they always find […]
So the euphoria and tryptophan of Thanksgiving wore off, and left in their wake a horrible stomach flu that is spreading like wild fire to all of our friends and family. It also left behind a rather cranky, bloated, and easily annoyed b*tch…. Whoops, at least that positivity lasted about .2 seconds. I do what […]
http://www.everywhereist.com/2012/06/ Check out another very clever woman facing up to her BT, Steve.
Tomorrow is thanksgiving, and while I cannot give up my harping that it is a holiday based on the sugar-coating of a deep history of violent colonization which has now become an excuse for us to propel ourselves forward into gluttony and greed, I also think it is a valuable opportunity to tell the people […]
Tomorrow it will be one month until my surgery. This time next month I’ll be pretending to relax in a house somewhere in Phoenix while everyone nervously flutters around me. I will be in a panic. Today, I am already likely panicking. Or maybe not. I spent most of last night and today sick to […]
I recently joined the Acoustic Neuroma Association as a member in order to gain access to their community because I had heard it had helped many people. Unfortunately I had some trouble accessing their site so in some of my more needy moments, I began looking elsewhere for a virtual brain tumor community to share […]
I’ve been writing for the last few months for 3 reasons. The first was to put words to the confusion, hope, patience, impatience, and struggle I had pouring endlessly out of my heart. The second, to inform those around me about what was going on, to not have to worry who was in or out […]
So remember those tumor moments? Well, I do. How do I remember? Well the thing is I think they are becoming more frequent. Or maybe, as some are pushing me to believe, I am just more in tune to them. Either way, shit is happening all up and down my world. I am like one […]
I thought, upon writing my last post, that the next post I wrote would be some kind of optimistic testament to the gestures I have taken to be in control of my destiny. I got a tattoo, I got a permanent representation of this journey on my body, as a reminder to let laughter flow […]
Very few people understand my relationship with my family, and very few people have made it to the category of family for me that are outside of my blood relatives, but for those of you that have, I hope that you have begun to understand the power of family, especially when it is like mine. […]
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