This is Vivian’s daughter Erica at the keyboard. As most of you will be aware by now, my wonderful mother passed away on 30th September in the wee hours of the morning. After many painful days and months, she was finally peaceful when she went, her devoted husband at her side, as always.
This first bit is for all you “lurkers” out there, who read but never comment. Quite a few people tell me they read all my posts but never indicate that they have. I appreciate you all, and don’t feel badly about not commenting (though I love comments!). I try to read all comments and to...
I’m writing this from my BIL’s cottage in beautiful Lake St. Peter, Ontario. We arrived yesterday and I had a great sleep last night. It’s so quiet here, especially compared to NDG, where the city is busy changing pipes and road configurations on both our street and the adjoining street. It’s been an unpleasant summer,...
I got many wonderful comments, stories and book recommendations from people after my last post about death (thank you all very much). I guess I hit a nerve, as I suspected I would. It’s not an easy subject to write about nor to read about, but I think it’s very much worthwhile to do so. ...
Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep I am not there,I do not sleep—I am the thousand winds that blowI am the diamond glints in snowI am the sunlight on ripened grain,I am the gentle, autumn rain.As you awake with morning’s hush,I am the swift, up-flinging rushOf quiet birds in circling flight,I am the...
Taking a break from the usual today on the blog. I thought I’d publish this little bit of fiction I wrote a while ago based on some childhood experiences. It means I don’t have to write anything new, which is great given I had chemo today. I hope you enjoy it! Sometime before humans were...
I bet most of you out there have googled pancreatic cancer more than I have. When I first got the diagnosis I avoided googling it because I felt I already had a pretty good idea of how bad it was. Most people don’t survive very long and it’s very painful. Those are the two facts...
I’m four days past my third chemo of the new regimen, and I’m feeling not bad today. It’s a good thing, but, as I’ve said before, you can never tell how the day will go until it’s going. Every ten minutes I can feel better or worse than the previous ten minutes. I’ve gradually started...
Up front, some housekeeping notes. My dear friend, Theresa, has been working on my site, giving it the old facelift and I think it’s looking really nice. The only thing is there have been some glitches in switching to a new look. Nobody knows why these things happen, they just do, that’s technology for ya! ...
I’ve had a complicated relationship with food my whole life. I’ve mentioned it in passing, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately so I thought I might as well write a whole post about it. I don’t know why I internalized the idea that slim is better – and definitely prettier –...