Fred Hutch I check in. Very dim lighting. Not harsh, comforting. I look around at all the cancer patients, some with hair, some without. Some walking around with a mobile IV. I recognized that I was in a special world of sick people, just sick people and their companions, and I wondered whether or not […]
Today a woman somewhere is laughing, weeping, grieving, or celebrating. Someone is giving birth; someone is losing a loved one to death. Relationships are forming, others are ending. For some, this will be an ordinary day filled with many of the same activities as yesterday. For others, something unexpected will suddenly make this day unforgettable, one that they may tell their children and grandchildren about in the future. In the same way that we are curious about how our grandmothers lived, future generations will be interested in learning about what an ordinary day was like in our lives.
We are looking for stories from Story Circle Network members. Think of a day in your life that you would like to write about. It may be something that happened on a specific date or something that reflects a certain holiday or season. We welcome reprint posts from your blogs too.
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March 12 – Things of the Heart
People sometimes tell me the heirlooms given to me hold no value over how my heart feels, but these things have memories—stories of where they’ve come from—that tug at my heart. They’re scattered about my home, adorning it as subtle nostalgic strings upon which travel the finest emotions of bygone days. Grammy’s cookie jar sits […]
Walking Through Cancer – Part 3
Critical Second Opinions The lymph node biopsy was another easy procedure. I had general anesthesia. And because it was so easy with only a small incision in my groin, I decided I was fine to get back to my busy routines. Which I did, full force. After one week of acting as though I hadn’t […]
Walking Through Cancer – Part 2
The L–O–N–G Diagnostic Phase I’m glad that my personal physician is sharp and attentive. I only see her once a year because I never get sick. But when she saw my complete blood count (CBC) in August, she called in the calvary. She got me in to see a hematologist as soon as possible, and […]
Walking Through Fear
One of my last hikes before committing myself to hiking the Continental Divide Trail – more than 3000 miles from Mexico to Canada along “the spine of the continent” – was the trek from Molas Pass to Durango in the southwest corner of Colorado. I decided to hike that 74-mile piece with two llamas, Red […]
Walking Through Cancer – Part 1
We are on a journey, our life journey, and ultimately we’re all walking each other home. That’s one of the well-known songs written by Kate Munger (lyrics by Ram Dass) at Threshold Choir. Singing with the Stanwood chapter of this choir, Heart Songs, for about eight years, I’ve enjoyed giving comfort to these people at […]