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Chemo. We just do it.
8.30 a.m. Leo, Grant and Tom play ‘pretend’. Grant and Tom are pretending to be miners. Leo is the mining boss. Grant and Tom are pretending to go to work but are actually preparing presents for...
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A Totally Different Kind of Chemo Day than Before. Monique’s New Handbag and...
10.09 a.m. Chemo day today. Approaching it as just one of the things we do in our life now. No big deal. Hoping we don’t get knocked off our calm horse. Going to try, with all our might, not to....
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I’m an Outlier on the Bell-Curve of Happiness
7.20 a.m. I can finally do my job now. Finally. Took me three weeks and three days to get here. But I am confident I can do this now. My job description: be positive. It’s what he hired me for....
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The First Moment of the Quest for O.K.ness
Extremely hot today. Boys played with water-balloons in the backyard heat. Pure Boy Joy. Tossing and smashing water-balloons. Keeping cool and having fun. If I can just focus. Focus on what’s here...
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Looking for little Gratefulnesses
Tom crawled into our bed this morning and wrapped his arms around Cliff. ‘I love you, Daddy,’ he whispered. ‘I love you, too, Tom.’ And they both fell back to sleep. The boys unloaded the dishwasher...
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‘Igor! Bring me my next patient!’
Anne Kidd took the kids for a swim and to watch a video at her house with her son, Baxter, Grant’s friend. They had a blast. Meanwhile, this freed us up to attend a meeting with a special radiologist,...
View ArticleThe rest of the story…
Thank you so much for your interest in Donating Oranges. If you would like to read the rest of the story you can purchase and download the book here (click on the word ‘here’). All profits go to...
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Blades of Grass
I was so relieved this morning when I woke up to look out my window and saw that the new gardener had mown the lawn yesterday. Didn’t even know I felt this way until it was mown. Blades of Grass I...
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Waking up again
Sometimes I wake up unaware he is gone. These are moments of bliss. My life is whole. We are together. Everything is the same. Then suddenly the guillotine of reality severs my thoughts. We are...
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How do you know if there is asbestos in your home?
You don’t. If you are in Australia click Here for an information link or call 1800 621 666 If you are in America click Here for an information link or Here. If you are in Britain click Here for an...
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