"People give you 3 months to mourn, and a year to have cancer, then they expect you to get back to normal." I don't know where I heard this quote first, but I've experienced the truth of the statement both in terms of mourning and cancer recovery. It's not that I'm faced with the reality [...]
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We officially head into summer this week, and flowers are blooming all around us. These photos were taken last weekend on my retreat to Harmony Hill on Hood Canal. I have so much to say about that retreat, but I'm still processing. I'll write something up when I'm ready (Update: here it is). In the [...]
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I am so unproductive right now. But that's alright. I spent the weekend on a getaway with good friends (very relaxing), and then I tried to jump right back in to everything when I got back home. That was quickly followed by a nasty cold that sent me running to bed, and hiding from the [...]
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Thich Nhat Hanh said: "Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet." This weekend, I'm planning on making a few laps around this tree with that thought in mind. This labyrinth, and the Harmony Hill retreat center where it resides, is one of my favorite places in all of Washington. I'm also [...]
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I've been doing a lot of deep thinking, lately... pondering, cogitating, ruminating, evaluating, perhaps even brooding. Definitely brooding. I'm just not at a point where I can talk about it all. It's just so much... So much what does this cancer diagnosis mean to the rest of my life? to what extent will I let [...]
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it takes some courage to re-imagine the future and relearn how to dream after cancer.
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