by Kathy on August 31, 2020 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, Blogging, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Gratitude, Hope, Life, Memories, The Past, Waiting, Writing
I don’t have to tell you how insane 2020 has been and that the hits seem to keep on coming. We are all doing our best to cope with the pandemic and everything else in ways that work for us. Some people, like me, tend to be fairly open about what we are going through, […]
by Kathy on April 17, 2020 · 1 comment
in Abby, Babies Benson, Bereavement, Birthdays, Change, Coping, Ectopic, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Luck, Memories, Mental Health, Molly, OB/GYN, Our Home, Planning, Pregnancy Loss, Reality, Relationships, Siblings, Signs, The 17th, Time, Travel, Vacations, Waiting
Happy 12th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Oh, how things can change in 12 years, not to mention 12 months… This picture certainly represents that — combining a symbol of the difficult, uncertain, and heartbreaking reality our nation and world are living through (a roll of toilet paper), with an imprint of a symbol that is […]
by Kathy on August 6, 2019 · 4 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Expectations, Hope, Memories, Odds, Reality, Travel, Ultrasounds, Vacations, Waiting, Writing
I was supposed to return in 6 months. You’d think, as someone who struggles with anxiety, I’d have been counting down the days to get my right breast rechecked, to see how what they found in December, a small mostly fluid filled cyst with a bit of solid, that had a “high probability of being […]
by Kathy on December 15, 2018 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Fear, Hope, Odds, Optimism, Ultrasounds, Waiting, Writing
I keep having to look at the exact wording, as I couldn’t remember for the life of me, over the past few days. The phrase was part of a letter that was emailed to me with results, after I spoke with a woman who does scheduling for the breast care center I went to, for […]
by Kathy on October 23, 2018 · 0 comments
in Background, Before I Blogged, Books, Communication, Faith, Friends, Life, London Semester Journals, Love, Relationships, School, Song Lyrics, The Past, Waiting, Writing
Tuesday, 1-16-96 8:06 PM London 2:06 PM E-Town Didn’t get to writing in here yesterday… In the morning I had a very interesting International Business class. After class I went to the Birkbeck library & browsed & wandered… I realized through discussion w/ Nathan & Andrew (the somewhat clueless, somewhat cool Welsh guys Lori & […]
by Kathy on March 18, 2016 · 3 comments
in Anticipation, breast care, Coping, Courage, Cysts, Hope, Life, Optimism, Reality, Time, Waiting
I got the call for my breast surgery (lumpectomy/wide excision) on Monday. It is scheduled to begin at 7:00 a.m. and we need to be there at 5:30 a.m. Excited that I won’t have to wait too long, with fasting after midnight. And being that Bob and I usually get up at 5:00 a.m. to […]