I’ve only been blogging for 3 weeks, but people have already asked how I come up with subjects every day. Ask me again in a year or two—so far it’s been a piece of cake. This is the second morning in a row that I had an idea for that day’s post within 5 minutes […]
Personal Best
I’m ecstatic to report that V and I broke the anniversary curse–in fact, we’ve done a complete reversal. This time we chose a GOOD luck date–and I got the best possible anniversary gift–a clean PET scan. The perfect way to enter our 15th year of marriage. As I mentioned in my last blog, my first […]
What We KNOW About Love
Today as V and I celebrate our 14th anniversary, I realize that my first marriage lasted exactly 14 years. Heading into our 15th year, I have every expectation that I will beat my personal best. And things look promising. So after a total of 28 years in marital experience, you would assume I’ve learned something […]
Strategic Scanning
Alert readers of this blog might have noticed the phrase “PET scan” slipped into my last post. A casual mention of a not-so-casual subject. For a normal person, even a routine test is stressful–like a mammogram or a colonoscopy. For a cancer survivor, the sophisticated scans exponentially ramp up the anxiety level. Most people view […]
Let the Games Begin
We are invited to V’s brother’s house tonight. Although V is 15 years older, his brother is his only sibling and they’ve become closer over the past few years. And I got lucky because I really like his wife and she’s very talented–and willing to share those talents– in areas that I am not– such […]
Building Bridges
While you’ve been busy discovering my innermost secrets, I turned the tables and became a fly on someone else’s wall. His name is Randy and last night I spent hours reading his blog–which is the best one I’ve seen so far. His blog is only one story on a website that draws a million people […]