May 25, 2013 | Jan's Blog |
Tweet After a busy 19 days of traveling, we are taking an afternoon off and I have time to write. I’m on a 26 day trip with two friends, Carol and Robbie. It’s easy to live in the present and the “now” when it’s all so new and it keeps changing....
May 13, 2013 | Jan's Blog |
Tweet I’m writing this on a plane on my way to Madrid, Spain, starting a four week trip with two friends, Carol Purin and Robbie Lambert. We are going to Morocco, many Spanish cities, and ending up in Barcelona. I haven’t taken a vacation like this for 45...
Apr 9, 2013 | Jan's Blog |
Tweet For several months I’ve felt a lump under my right arm. It lit up on a PET scan in late February. I had a needle biopsy last week and heard once again, “it’s breast cancer.” I don’t have the full pathology report yet, so don’t have treatment recommendations. My...
Mar 11, 2013 | Jan's Blog |
Tweet A few weeks ago, I attended a workshop led by Julie Interrante called Wisdom of Anger. I’m not in touch with feeling angry very often and thought it would be useful to learn to know and be comfortable with that side of myself. With Julie’s guidance,...
Jan 2, 2013 | Jan's Blog |
Tweet I’m writing this on the first day of 2013 and I’m ready for the holidays to be over. Ready to find out what surprises this new year will bring. I know this ending and new beginning are arbitrary man-made dates, but it feels like a good opportunity to expect...
Nov 27, 2012 | Jan's Blog |
Tweet Following the ablation procedure I had on Nov. 16th, I wrote that I didn’t have any of the predicted complications. Turns out I’ve had some unpredicted challenges. I’ve been having a lot of pain in one spot in my lower back for about 5 days. It started out...
