Today.

I woke up this morning and cuddled up to my boyfriend’s back, wanting my entire chest to be surrounded by its warmth, like on so many mornings. I woke up this morning and made my cup of organic coffee with coconut creamer and a splash of the good sugary stuff, like I have every morning for who knows how many…

Hair, Hair Everywhere

After my first chemo, I had two rough days where I couldn’t really get out of bed, but I bounced back very quickly, and apart from an early morning ER trip on day 5, getting tired easily, and having the world’s longest and strangest period (which will most likely be the last one for a long…

Meet Chemo Holly (let me tell you, she’s a peach.)

Twice now, there’s this girl who has shown up for about 7 days. I’m anticipating that she’ll visit 2–4 more times. I expected her to be tired, not feel well, have low energy, and have weird things going on with her body, but I didn’t expect the emotional and psychological…

They Say It’s Your Birthday

For those who can remember what it sounds like, imagine an old school cassette player, out of which the Beatles are singing “They say it’s your birthday…” and then when it’s time for the da-na-na-na-na-na, the tape breaks and it starts playing in that awful slow motion which…