Monthly Archives: January 2011

gut feeling

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Emily

The dead of winter has officially arrived.  If it’s not snowing, it’s raining, sleeting and freezing.  Roads and sidewalks in our wooded suburban enclave have grown treacherous. Today, though bitter cold, was at least dry, so a few hours ago, … Continue reading →

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who’s that girl?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Emily

The last few days have been something of an an exercise in time-travel, and measuring the more superficial effects of cancer. Most of my time here is spent dissecting cancer’s emotional and psychological toll. Really, that’s the important stuff.  But … Continue reading →

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ghost child

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Emily

This evening as I was leaving work, one of my colleagues, who was my office-mate when my nephew was born six years ago, asked me how he was doing.  Actually, her exact words were, “How’s my man doing?,” and I … Continue reading →

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echo chamber

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Emily

Words have never come with greater difficulty than they have in the weeks following the death of a fellow young adult cancer warrior with whom I shared an essential but hard to define connection.  I didn’t know her well, but … Continue reading →

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