ONE HAPPY FOOL

On 01.02.02, I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Too late for surgery, I had chemotherapy, which failed. In May the chemotherapy was changed and I was soon in remission which was celebrated and welcome and lasted nine years - until October 2011. There was progression in 2011 so more treatment was indicated and I am now back in partial remission. But I'm not only a cancer patient - I also enjoy my family, walk my dogs and am learning to draw and paint. Life is good!

Friday, January 30, 2009

Starting to understand

It's really exciting when you realize that you're starting to understand something that had seemed impossible to learn earlier. I know that one-point perspective is a skill that a third grader could pick up, but as I wrote yesterday, I'm slightly dyslexic and I've made several attempts to learn and have not been successful. Until now. I'm FINALLY starting to get it and I'm so stoked!

Steve and I celebrated our 44th anniversary today -- not bad for California. I've made five really great decisions in my life so far. The best one was that I decided to marry him!

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Virginia9:13 PM
why yes, you ARE getting it. It is exciting to see that development. I read your posts regularly, and am inspired by your courage and willingness to "be here now". Thanks for sharing.

Virginia
(who just started her own blog--
http://itsonlynowthatmatters.blogspot.com/
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Anonymous9:01 AM
Congratulations on your...happiness for understanding :-), and many wishes of happiness for your anniversary!
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Reading 2012

38-Ann Lamott with Sam Lamott, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
37-Danny Gregory, A KISS BEFORE YOU GO
36-Adriana Trigiani, THE SHOEMAKER"S WIFE
35-Tony Hillerman, THE DARK WIND
34-Clyde Edgerton, THE NIGHT TRAIN
33-Betty Smith, A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
32-Raffaele Sollecito, HONOR BOUND
31-Barbara Pym, AN UNSUITABLE ATTACHMENT
30- Gretchen Rubin, HAPPIER AT HOME
29-Cheryl Strayed, WILD
28-Frank McCourt, ANGELA'S ASHES
27-Valerie Hurley, ST. URSULA'S GIRLS AGAINST THE ATOMIC BOMB
26-Mark Schweitzer, THE BARITONE WORE CHIFFON
25-Mark Schweitzer, THE ALTO WORE TWEED
24-Charles Dickens, OLIVER TWIST
23-Kristin Kimball, THE DIRTY LIFE
22-John Heilemann & Mark Halperin, GAME CHANGE
21-Patrick Quillen, BEATING CANCER WITH NUTRITION
20-Deborah Feldman, UNORTHODOX
19-Anna Quindlen, LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE
18-Joseph Caldwell, THE PIG DID IT
17-Alison Bechdel, FUN HOME
16-Hannah Hinchman, A LIFE IN HAND
15-Jeanette Winterson, WHY BE HAPPY WHEN YOU COULD BE NORMAL?
14-Pamela Druckerman, BRINGING UP BÉBÉ
13-David Snowdon, AGING WITH GRACE
12-Sarah L. Delany and A. Elisabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, HAVING OUR SAY
11-Debby Rice, CHIHUAHUA KARMA
10-David Sedaris, HOLIDAYS ON ICE
9-Amy Chua, BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER
8-Charlotte Silver, CHARLOTTE AU CHOCOLAT
7-Margot Livesey, HOMEWORK
6-Augusten Burroughs, POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
5-Anita Shreve, LIGHT ON SNOW
4-Jodi Kantor, THE OBAMAS
3-Katharine Weber, THE MUSIC LESSON
2-Hannah Hinchman, A LIFE IN HAND
1-W. Somerset Maugham, OF HUMAN BONDAGE

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56-Bernhard Schlink, THE READER
55-Joanna Trollope, THE RECTOR'S WIFE
54-Joan Didion, BLUE NIGHTS
53-Emma Donoghue, ROOM
52-Marjorie Kowalski Cole, A SPELL ON THE WATER
51-Sylvia Plath, THE BELL JAR
50-Jael McHenry, THE KITCHEN DAUGHTER
49-Elizabeth Gilbert, EAT, PRAY, LOVE
48-Flora Jessop, CHURCH OF LIES
47-Ben Ryder Howe, MY KOREAN DELI
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45-Alexandra Styron, READING MY FATHER
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38-Temple Grandin, EMERGENCE
37-Abraham Verghese, CUTTING FOR STONE
36-Colleen Morton Busch, FIRE MONKS
35-David Gilmour, THE FILM CLUB
34-Susan Conley, THE FOREMOST GOOD FORTUNE
33-Kathy Harrison, ANOTHER PLACE AT THE TABLE
32-Priscilla Gilman, THE ANTI-ROMANTIC CHILD
31-Rachel Lloyd, GIRLS LIKE US
30-Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee, STUFF
29-Stephen Singular, THE WICHITA DIVIDE
28-Susan Allen Toth, MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH ENGLAND
27-Cathy Johnson, ARTIST'S JOURNAL WORKSHOP
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20-Anna Quindlen, EVERY LAST ONE
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16-Clyde Edgerton, WALKING ACROSS EGYPT
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13-W. Somerset Maugham, MOON AND SIXPENCE
12-Valerie Plame Wilson, FAIR GAME
11-Cat Bennett, THE CONFIDENT CREATIVE
10-Danny Gregory, AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE
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