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Tag Archives: injustice
endurance
For months on end, this was the safest place to excavate so much of my life after cancer – the struggles, the triumphs. The strange ambiguity of living after almost dying. But there are so many enormous things happening now … Continue reading
Posted in adoption, Life After Cancer
Tagged Crowded House, cruelty, earthquake, endurance, garden, heartbreak, horror, injustice, Japan, loss, self-absorption, tsunami, yoga
4 Comments
chocolate shakes and ’80’s pop
A wise person once said, “You don’t have to write a thousand words every time you sit down to do a post.” The same wise person has also said, “One of your great gifts as a writer is how direct … Continue reading
Posted in Infertility, Life After Cancer, Work
Tagged adoption, child welfare, chocolate shake, Depeche Mode, humidity, injustice, pregnant co-workers, Talk Talk
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the essence of injustice
Other women with ovarian cancer are dying. Lots of them. Young women, women my age. I don’t understand why they are dying and I am not. I feel a little guilty. No, a lot guilty. I am so fucking alive, … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Death, Life After Cancer
Tagged grapefruit, head-on collision, HNPCC, injustice, luck, mutation, stage III ovarian cancer, survivor, trenches
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the wanting comes in waves
In a post a few weeks back, I was thinking about the injustice of a world in which people who are unable or unwilling to raise children continue to produce babies at an often-alarming rate, while people like me get totally fucked out … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Family, Life After Cancer, Work
Tagged adoption, baby shower, balancing act, cancer, children, communication, evil, fate, friends, injustice, irony, North Philly, Peru, rage
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there’s something wrong with this picture
Panic – mild and fleeting, but noticeable nonetheless – paid me an unexpected visit early this afternoon. This seemingly unshakable feeling of optimism and positivity has cloaked me for months now. I have felt invincible, buoyant. It’s been amazing. But … Continue reading
Posted in Life After Cancer, Work
Tagged cancer, child abuse, child welfare, children, cornflakes, injustice, panic, time, Work
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