Reflections of a Flight Nurse, Paramedic, Skydiver, and Army Reserve Commander
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Mom's Breast Cancer on Mar 15th, 2010
We would fight to scrape the pan and eat the melt-in-your-mouth fudge bits left after mom was done. After it cooled, the fudge squares were dumped over a huge bowl of popcorn which four small children devoured during the annual playing of “The Wizard of Oz,” on television in the days before VCRs or streaming [...]
Posted in Mom's Breast Cancer on Oct 30th, 2009
I am sick of pink.
Pink runs, pink toothpaste packages, pink yogurt.
I am sick of pink articles, pink signs, pink nail polish.
Every time I see pink it reminds me that my mom has cancer.
It reminds me that the first time an “expert” saw her breast mass two years ago they [...]
Posted in Mom's Breast Cancer on Jul 9th, 2009
I want to thank everyone for the well wishes and support. As with everything else in my world, after my mother’s diagnosis it has been insane. With her permission, I will be writing more about her journey from the eyes of her eldest daughter.
While I am working through just how to do that, [...]
Posted in Mom's Breast Cancer on Jun 21st, 2009
The diagnosis was a complete shock.
During a phone call to my mom a month ago I jokingly told her that she needed to live to be 900. Just the thought of not having her near, an ever present influence, was almost too much to fathom.
5 weeks ago. Tuesday morning. 3 days before my 34th birthday.
She [...]
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