msgracefulnot

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The C word

For Wendy Nothing can prepare you for it. The C word. The word that people dare not say except in hushed tones. They whisper, “He/she has cancer …”, as if the word itself carried a carcinogen.I was 31 years old. Young, strong, foolhardy and blessed (cursed?) with a sense of immortality. But one day, after […]

Raining fire

I’ll never forget it as long as I live. The images flooded the news as I woke on the morning of December 22,1988. They said it was a tragedy. Pan Am Flight 103, a 747 named The Clipper of the Seas, fell from 31,000 feet onto the peaceful Scottish Village of Lockerbie. Fire rained down […]

Bedside manner and the birth of a blog

Here’s the scene. A renowned oncologist has a stage 4 Melanoma patient as a guest at one of his lectures. She stands before the class. A veritable sea of solemn faces sits behind the life-sucking glow of the laptops before them. The Dr. wants the students to ask his patient the hard questions. In the […]

Winter Nostalgia: Childhood Memories and Change

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods […]

Cynicism and Faith: A Journey of Belief

I was recently asked if I believed in Miracles. 20 years ago, I would have answered this question with a flat, fast NO. Now, after several incidents that defy logical explanation, it’s a firm and steadfast maybe. A miracle is a powerful thing that defies the physical world and all of the laws of probability. […]

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Author: msgracefulnot

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