A Beautiful Burden

Taming of the fox. It's cheating to use a whole book for Strawberry Friday, but I can't help it.  Mom introduced me to the boo...

I had no idea there were so many ribbons to promote cancer awareness.... From the Choose Hope website:  Ribbon colors and meanings ...

Mom says, "I went around the house the next week singing Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar."  What follows I find ...

If I lie inside the covers With the darkened warm of breathing-only me And I curl up like a kitten, Closing all the blankets very caref...

  Lightening by Ramona Handel "Lightening won't strike in the same place twice.  Janet won't have cancer.  If I think posit...

I'm going to skip ahead here.  The important thing to know is that at then end of Chapter 4 mom is feeling like a top, brand-new VW mode...

Wild Strawberry viewed on MamaKopp  Etsy account. Wild Strawberries By Shel Silverstein Are Wild Strawberries really wild? Will they...

What is it about an eye patch that makes a woman mysterious, sultry, even sexy?  No doubt an eye patch means something different on a woman ...

Pirate Story Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing. Three of us aboard in the basket on the lea. Winds are in the air, they are bl...

Collage from the Eye Patch Quilt. The question mom poses throughout Chapter 4 to advocate for those with facial difference is: what's...

Look familiar?  This poster has been, and is, a staple of therapists doors since the seventies.  Some people grew up with Peter Rabbit, Wi...

My brother Andy and bewildered me.  Still sport those looks. Moral of this next story- never take a bet against my mom.  In her own word...

Proud parents with their "babies" in their laps. In mom's own words: Over the next few months I saw myself assuming my o...

In looking for fresh fodder for Strawberry Fridays I thought, well, why not drink the strawberry this week?  Afterall, isn't that the p...

In mom's own words: Like the words of the song recorded by Whitney Houston, I do believe the children are our future.  My mother had ...

The Culprit I've Got Footprints On My Bladder by Patricia Graham Oh, I've got footprints on my bladder. I've got babies on ...

It's not been all rosy, folks.  Some people write and are encouraging--it means the world to me, keep it up!  Others who I thought woul...

Princesses and pirates aside, researching women in patches brought me to Marie Colvin.  Ms. Colvin, and American born reporter for The Sunda...

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace Where there is hatred, let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith W...

Lilypad quilt by Marcia Karlin. Last month I had the opportunity to visit Laura Bernstein, and on top of a fabulous, spiritual visit, I g...