life
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Well, as the title suggests, I am back from my cruise. Actually I have been back for two long weeks. Also had my surgery last week. Well, almost 10 days ago. For those that haven’t been paying attention, it was a Radical Hysterectomy, including all the bits that make up a woman. Why? Endometrial Cancer.…
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So second day on the big ass ship. Still seasick, just not as bad. Let me tell you that considering how much we paid for this trip, it absolutely suck to spend it trying not to throw up. Well, usually not quite that bad. Unless the swells are like 10+ feet tall. And they have…
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My current ‘favorite’ one is: “Of the types of cancer to have, this is one of the two best types.” Ummm… excuse me? We are talking about CANCER, right? There are good types to have, or at least less bad? Unfortunately, this is not the first time that I have heard this sentence. And guess…
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Let’s start with sex, which, of course, is related to the other two, especially in today’s political climate. Growing up in the 1980s, I was taught that certain things were never discussed with people we didn’t know well and never at the dinner table, even if it was just family in attendance. These, of course,…
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It started when I was living with Curt. He was extremely physically, sexually, emotionally, and verbally abusive. It didn’t start out that way. In the beginning, he was sweet and understanding. His temper rarely showed. I thought I was lucky: He knew about my ex, Bobby. He knew about the cheating (and eventual announcement that…
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Looking forward to a new year is almost always filled with hope for a new and better future. Resolutions and promises are made, plans are plotted out to ‘make this year the best year ever!’ And yet…. And yet. Something happens and people give up on their hopes for a better, more prosperous new year.…
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“When it rains, it pours” Well, duh. Living in Western Oregon has some distinct advantages. 5. We bought at a good time. In fact, we signed our paperwork on the 29th of December and started moving in on the 30th. We could not get out of our apartment fast enough! We lived in an apartment…
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Well, not actually a return to me- us. He was required to live in the county he was convicted in. Not the county he had been incarcerated in, which I thought was kind of weird, but then again he had spent years in three different prisons in the state. Either way, he was 300 miles…
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Now, I take no credit for the following, but I think it states, in words, what a lot of people feel, but don’t necessarily know how to put into words. “I don’t think that any of us planned for the things we’ve had to go through. Maybe that’s the whole point of living in the…
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We arrived in my hometown (no, I’m not going to specify just in case someone I actually know reads this). I was so happy to see my kids, and my folks. Everyone was happy to see me. ER not so much. My parents thought that we were moving too fast. To be honest, we were.…
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