Tag Archives: cancer
And Don’t Forget To Dance
Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky -John Lennon Imagine (1971) And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. … Continue reading
Why Does God Make Us Laugh?
OK, the better way to ask that question is, “why did God give us the ability to laugh?” I read a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip this morning (see below) and was struck by the absolute profound nature of the transaction … Continue reading
Being Crushed
This scan report is heartbreaking. Heidi’s cancer has progressed everywhere: lungs, bones and most dangerously, in the liver. This afternoon they start Heidi on Taxotere. She is so brave. Thanks for helping us get through this. This week’s going to … Continue reading
Unavoidable
It was the summer of 1930, before most of these things had happened…It was several months since I had been in London, and then only in passing, so I had really hardly had seen Father at all since he had … Continue reading
Flight of the Sparrow
Devastating News Today, darn it! Heidi’s tumor markers not only went up but doubled. So this new chemotherapy failed completely, like the one they tried in December/January. We will hear what option(s) are left sometime tomorrow. My own outpatient surgery … Continue reading
Invitation to a Point of Peace
From the time you begin to breathe, a war rages within. From the time you attain citizenship of this world, you must struggle with your own frailties to stand upright, as a human being was meant to stand. From the … Continue reading
Out of Balance
In her book Kitchen Table Wisdom, Rachel Naomi Remen recalls the healing work she did with a Holocaust survivor, whose response to the enormity of the spiritual pain he lived with was to close off feelings toward people and to … Continue reading
