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At the Present

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Where am I?

The past few months I’ve been having more and more cognitive issues. It’s from the chemo. Cisplatin. I feel like I’m in a fog more often than not.  I can’t keep organized….I can’t remember how old I am…..I can’t tell you what I did 5 minutes ago. Oh and my hearing. You might need to speak up a little.

And so I just stay in the present…..a little slower than normal…..but I’m still here.

The past few days I’ve just been watching this little gal swim with my mother….

 

 

….and getting back on track with some writing projects.   The fun part is I’ve been rereading stuff I wrote a few months ago and wondering: what crazy person wrote this?

 

Me: Cognitive issues include social awkwardness and inappropriate behavior. Is that me?

Mr. LBB: No more now than you were before.

Me: Oh…ok….phew.

 

(I think he’s just being nice.)

 

 

thomas merton quote (The Cancer Chronicles) via lilblueboo.com

 

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Without Turning

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Boo: Do you think we should pray for the devil tonight?

….that’s what I overheard Boo ask my mother the night of the Boston marathon bombing.  I had to Google that one.

I tried the next day to change her context of the word “marathon” by impressing her with feats of endurance:

Me: See this guy? He ran the Boston Marathon…he ran for 2 hours straight.
Boo: 2 hours?! without even TURNING?

Then it’s just too much:

Boo: I don’t want to know about any more bad stuff in the world.
Me: But I always want you to hear it from me first.
Boo: It’s too scary.
Me: I know, but we need to pray for them.
Boo: How about I don’t know……and then YOU pray for them?

And then I saw this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JlzQv6O7fho

 

 

 

mother teresa quote via lilblueboo.com #quote

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