Tag: real life
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In Sickness and In Health (Turns Out It Wasn’t Theoretical)
In Sickness and In Health (Turns Out It Wasn’t Theoretical) 🌼 Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Low but sentimental 💔 Status: Alive (and still married) 🌞 Outlook: Grateful with a side of awe Today is a big one. Casey and I have been married for 34 years.Thirty. Four. We met in high school…
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Fur Babies, and My Mary
Fur Babies, and My Mary 🌼 Date: Saturday, December 20, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Low → improving 💔 Status: Alive 🙂 Outlook: Holding steady (with a side of gratitude) Today feels different — in a good way. The nausea finally backed off enough that I could eat and keep food down. I actually managed about three…
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I Cried at the Rain
I Cried at the Rain 🌼 Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 ⚡Energy: Low → depleted, but still breathing ❤️🩹 Status: Alive 😪 Outlook: Emotionally unpredictable. Physically annoyed. Still showing up. Today I Cried Because It Was Raining I was laying back in my recliner, mid-chemo spiral, trying to decide whether everything I’d managed to eat…
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When Life Hands You a Shit Sandwich
When Life Hands You a Shit Sandwich 🌼 Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025Last week handed me a lesson I didn’t ask for — but apparently needed. ❤️🩹 Status: Alive. Disappointed. Clear. ✨ Outlook: Evolving. ⚡ Energy: Reserved for what actually matters. Have you ever waited patiently for something for years? Not months.Not casually.Years. I did…
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Bring It, Cancer. (Chemo Round 1, Pending Approval)
Bring It, Cancer. (Chemo Round 1, Pending Approval) 🌼 Date: Monday, December 8, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Low and anxious 💔 Status: Alive, negotiating with my body 🌞 Outlook: Determined, but braced Round 1: Bring It, Cancer The Bad News: My Last 3 Weeks of Plastics (And yes, we call it Plastics now — because Mean…
