Weekly Round Up
Time for the weekly round-up of blogs. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Just click on the highlighted links to read the posts. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, just leave a comment below.
I am starting off this week with a new blog..dedicated to our old friend Chemo Brain. I discovered Anne Marie Ciccarella’s blog courtesy of a comment she left on Jackie’s latest post.
A humorous post with a serious message from the Feisty Blue Gecko this week – all about the close relationship between her old friend Capt Paranoia and Dr Google.
Another stunning piece of writing from Lauren this week as she shows us a way to move past the traumas in our lives.
Katie is sharing a tale of synchronicity and in Boxes of Life, Love and Pain, Brenda has written a poignant post on love and memories.
Catherine’s latest post is filled with beginnings and endings this week, as she packs for her move back home to Canada
Kathi has done stellar work in outlining the chronic long-term side effects of cancer treatment and what we can (or sadly can’t) do about them.
I love that my post on becoming real inspired both Katy in One Wild Ride and Terri’s post It Takes Courage to Grow Up and to end this week’s round-up, I want to leave you with one of Terri’s favorite quotes:
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~ e.e. cummings
Until next week, wishing you lots of courage, healing, and happiness.
Marie xxx
thank you marie, again this roundup makes me feel honored!
Lauren
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Well you know how much I LOVE your writing – I have sent your latest post to several friends this week.
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Thanks so much for your weekly roundup. You are such a dear to keep this going. I need to update my blog, but many personal issues are taking precedence. I’m hoping soon I can share more of what is going on in my life. At least the chest pains are gone! Hurray!!
XOXO,
Jan
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As survivors, I think we all inspire one another, and it’s interesting how sometimes, several of us are in sync with certain topics. It is a blessing to have such a wise, thoughtful and compassionate group of women with whom we can share our fears and challenges. I can’t imagine going through an experience, like breast cancer or losing James, without all of you. Thank you, sweet friend, for including my blog in this week’s roundup.
XOXOXO,
Brenda
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I feel blessed to be part of this compassionate, intelligent, wise, wonderful community of writers and thinkers too Brenda x
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As usual, I am looking forward to some good reading now, after I finish battening the hatches — or is it hatching the battens?? — before Irene turns up in my lovely coastal town. Thank you, Marie, once again.
Jan!! The chest pains are gone?? Wow, that’s a fantastic piece of news all by itself!!
Love to all & hold onto your hats (& patio furniture)! xxoo
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Yes! I am watching it on the news from afar and thinking of you all – stay safe x
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A big thank you from me too Marie, and interesting to see how the comments almost become a “sequel” to your great round up! Thanks for including me 🙂
I very much agree with Brenda – so many ideas and thoughts are sparked by other blog postings. When I first started to blog it predominantly focused on updates, and what was happening in the thick of treatment in the months following diagnosis. Now I find there are still some updates, but my ramblings are more reflective. And indeed, so often inspired by the rich material there is in each others’ blog posts. I love the variety in our posts, in our approaches and styles, reflecting how different we all are and our experience is.
And what FANTASTIC news about Jan’s pain disappearing.
Thanks, snarkistas 🙂
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I agree so much with you Philippa – I love how we spark off each other in the blogosphere and inspire each other’s writings this way.
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Yes, the chest pains are gone! It had to do with stress that I will soon blog about. I can’t do so yet, but eventually the story will come out. I’m just happy to be back to my pain-free self!
XOXO,
Jan
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So pleased that the chest pains are gone but sorry for the stress you are under…thinking of you x
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as always – another great round up! thanks for putting it together.
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Your Becoming Real post was my favorite post this week so i am looking forward to seeing it expanded on in these other two blogs too.
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Dear Marie…
(and to all of the new friends whose blogs I have not yet found….)
I was SO humbled to see you mention my blog. I was blown away (NO PUN!!) to see my name and the link to the blog. I feel like I began to leave a reply but that may have been an “intention” that got lost somewhere. The ADD element has been really awful since Thursday. So much I needed to do to prepare for this storm. Thrown into a spin with a phone “evacuation” request. Glad my son got here. He was able to keep me focused on one little task while he basically began to GET IT DONE!
There is a tremendous feeling of sisterhood with everyone I have come into contact with during the past month since I began to move my life into a different direction. Two doctors at Sloan mentioned that I might want to stop focusing on what I can no longer do and start DOING what I can. When I was validated by the neuropsychologist “there are issues” I was finally able to laugh about it…. and the blog was born. I began volunteering my time to see about carving out a new career path. My one yr estranged husband, the guy who got 17 years of hard friggen work to help grow businesses, can’t deal with the fact that I am “different since the chemo.” Guess he skipped that vow about sickness and health. And I’m ok with that.
I have tears in my eyes since I didn’t get a chance to really read and absorb some of these blogs and I will read them all…..I love the words of George Elliot, “It’s never too late to become who you might have been.” I never believed in those “cliches” until I began to truly shift my life. I feel like “I’m on the Edge” of a big change….. and then I saw the ee c quote. Each little thing that happens it building a wall behind me. The wall is to hold me up and to remind me I am supposed to be looking forward. At 54, it’s hard to make changes (especially, when I am not so great in embracing change to begin with)….. Downright petrified at times. This “community” is amazing support and my “support wall” got so much stronger when I saw:
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
It’s time for me to summon up the courage and it’s time for me to grow up. Thanks so much for showing me see that my voice is being heard!! I am honored….. truly.
Love to all,
AnneMarie
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Oh Anne Marie, I am so happy I found you too and want to welcome you into the JBBC community. It does sound like you are on the cusp of some wonderful new discoveries in your life and I look forward to you sharing them with us. Stay safe x
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