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I’m Mad And I Want You To Know Why

by Robin | Oct 30, 2017 | Advice, Cancer is NOT okay!, Family, Health, Mothers and daughters, Personal, Uncategorized

Long ago and far away, or so it seems now, we lived in South Carolina. A few years after we landed there, a young couple moved to town, life-friends of my younger brother-in-law. We welcomed them with open arms; friends of family are friends of ours. They were...

Thief of memories

by Robin | Oct 13, 2009 | Breast Cancer, Cancer is NOT okay!, Do Something!, Health, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal

Breast cancer doesn't just plunder body, it is a thief of memories. I have good reason to hate it, too: The memory album of my mother is too small. Blank pages are haunted with wonderings of "what might have been, if only." If...