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On August 1st I posted a blog entry from WhyMommy about Inflammatory Breast Cancer. That post (delivered to me via Christie at Tales from a Working Mommy) opened my eyes to IBC. I’ve been following WhyMommy’s battle since that date. Today, she linked all of her faithful readers to another wonderful post from her good friend Canape referencing this month’s issue of Parents magazine. I’m not really comfortable reposting Canape’s comments here, but I am giving you the link – please go to her blog and read it. It’s a wonderful tribute to WhyMommy and brings to light many questions.
Do you ever imagine your life any different than it currently is? What if you had made a different decision? What if you had had the courage to speak your mind?
I’ve recently been spending my daily commute (1.5 hours round-trip) reflecting on things I’ve done (or haven’t done) and decisions I’ve made. Wondering how my life would be changed if I had done things differently, or if taking a different path would have just brought me to my current place.
I’m in an introspective mood of late – I think the slow slide into fall brought it on. Cold weather and I are not good friends, and it makes both my mind and body curl up into a little ball and anxiously await the arrival of spring. The changing season also serves as a reminder (as if I needed one!) that my birthday is just around the corner. I used to love my birthday – now I’d just as soon forget it. I’m not that old yet – I wonder what happened to change those feelings.
Edited to add: There’s new photos up on my Flickr page!
As an employee in an administrative office of a postsecondary educational institution (Impressed yet? HA! I work in the records office of a small college) I have multiple opportunities on a daily basis to view the best and worst of the next generation. There is a sense of entitlement with these teens that appalls and amazes me. I can’t help but wonder how they came to be so rude and self-centered. It’s scary really.
Then today this article fell into my lap (or my computer actually) via a blog post from the amazing Cecily. It’s nice to see that people are beginning to see this as a problem and uncovering the cause. I realize that this may not be an instant fix, but at least a few are admitting that there is a problem.
Sunday was a complete success – and totally exhausting!! Several lifelong residents have told me (or Chad, same thing) that they don’t ever remember seeing so many people in town! The weather was just about perfect, the parade was wonderful, and there were no major glitches (that we know about), so we’re ready to consider it a major success.
Now we’ve moved into recovery mode. Monday was spent cleaning up and delivering raffle prizes. Tuesday was a day for rest or returning to work. We finished dropping off the last of the raffle prizes last night – what’s left is to be picked up or mailed. After a couple more days of rest, it’s time to edit some pre-wedding photos that I took a couple of weeks ago and get started on Christmas orders for quilts.
Now if only I could find my house under all of the clutter . . . . . .
