Week 2 / August 27 – September 1 (Italicized = original journal from day one) Alarm Rings 6:01 “Stay asleep, it’s not real.” 6:02 Cancer 6:03 Cancer 6:04 Cancer “Rise, shower, dress. Be normal, do normal, act normal. . . Maybe it won’t be true.” 6:34 Cancer 6:35 Cancer 6:36 Cancer “Eat, drink [...] Read more »
Memoir Excerpt – Day 2
Day 2 – August 21, 2007 (Italicized = original journal from day one) Aloneness, no one, empty, without, comfortless, alone, alone, alone. . . Misery loves company but there is no company after diagnosis. It doesn’t matter all those before me; it doesn’t matter all those after me. I am solitary and [...] Read more »
Memoir Excerpt – Day 1
MEMOIR EXCERPT CHAPTER 1 Week 1 / Day 1 – August 20, 2007 The call came; the words didn’t need to be spoken as I held the phone. I knew the diagnosis. I didn’t know the extent but at the first mention of cancer came the balloon of fear. With each escape of air [...] Read more »
