Category Archives: Baseball

ready for anything

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Emily

If there’s one thing cancer teaches us, it’s to be flexible, and ready to adapt to any and all circumstances.  Try as we might to control our surroundings, to plan for an ever-elusive future, there’s simply no way we can … Continue reading →

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flat as a pancake

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Emily

Hard truth:  even after weathering a cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery – after achieving the kind of semi-permanent euphoria that comes with embracing life after almost dying – it’s possible to find yourself drained, beat-down and discouraged.  Nay, depressed.  It’s … Continue reading →

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never relent: thoughts on game six

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Emily

I could never/Give it up/I could never relent/And I can’t/Wait to see/ What will happen/To me next I will take my chances/’Cause anything can happen/I don’t believe it’s over/’Cause anything can happen Neil and Tim Finn Increasingly, over the past … Continue reading →

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a virtual high-five for my beloved phils

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Emily

Today, the interweb is filled to bursting with musings on the bittersweet end of the Phillies’ amazing 2009 playoff run.  But I just had to add my two cents. The sentiment seems fairly universal: gratitude, with just a tinge of … Continue reading →

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on becoming a cancer fairy godmother

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Emily

Last night’s brutal Phillies loss makes Friday seems about a million years ago.  Perhaps I should have made an attempt to commit that day’s thoughts to writing earlier, but now – Sunday afternoon, with time further warped due to the … Continue reading →

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HALLOWEEN/WORLD SERIES GAME THREE

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Emily

It was a brutal night for the Phils, but we had huge fun with the gang (including Lucy and Marley!) in Narberth.

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still champions: a look back at the ’08 phils (and emily)

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Emily

Last night – sometime after 2 AM Eastern Time – my beloved Phillies pulled out an extremely improbable win against the Colorado Rockies in a pivotal Game Three of the NLDS.  I finally drifted off to sleep just as Matt … Continue reading →

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