Nov 13, 2009 | Cancer, Death & Taxes, MOM
When we first moved here, of all the people we thought might come to visit wild and woolly Costa Rica, Mam, Hal's mom, would be the very last. Not just because she had never shown particular interest in traveling to foreign lands, but because she had been quite...
Oct 21, 2007 | Books, Cancer, CR: Working, Fitness, Food, Health & Wellness, Living-In, Moving-To
Mostly with things to do, but I’ve been gifted with a few lovelies from the universe as well. 1. The first to do today was to search online for the article starring me in the L.A. Times. I seem to have a knack for drawing attention to myself. For free, but...
Jan 29, 2007 | Cancer, MEGAN
Xavier’s baby sister, Megan, 41, passed away last night. At 32, she discovered she had breast cancer. They gave her four years then. HA! They didn’t know Megan. When you look up determined or fierce in the dictionary, there should be a picture of Megan....
Nov 13, 2006 | Cancer, Medical Care
Scott writes the Crazy Jungle blog and he’s found hope for cancer victims. He links to a Havana CNN article. And there’s more information on the Cuba Magica site, in Spanish so I can’t read it. Yet. At the bottom of the Cuba Magica link, there is...
Oct 4, 2006 | Accommodations, Cancer, Manuel Antonio
Sweatin’ my butt off in Manuel Antonio, dreamin’ of my cool mountain. YIKES. You forget how HOT and WET it is at sea level!!! Beautiful, though. We just fed squirrel monkeys at our hotel La Posada which is great: comfortable and clean. But here’s the...
Oct 2, 2006 | Cancer, Medical Care, MEGAN, Political Blah-Blah
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Pink is the order of the day. My Aunt Susie, my mom’s baby sister, died of breast cancer at the age of 49. My sister in law, Megan, 40, has been fighting the beast for 8 years now. She is losing the battle, but God what...
Aug 15, 2006 | Cancer, GRANNY BOO, Medical Care, MEGAN
I’m not wanting to write about this because it’s very very sad. Heartbreaking, really. I think it’s why I haven’t been good about blogging the past few days. This topic is sitting on top of everything else. That’s death for you. It is...
May 11, 2006 | Cancer, Medical Care, MEGAN
This morning I got the following email from my sister in law, Megan, who has been living with breast cancer for 8 years. She is 40, is married and has 3 children, now 9, 11 and 13. She’s had a mastectomy and every other thing they can do to you in the name of...