This has been a sad week as people in my community have had to say goodbye to wonderful woman who lost her seven-year battle with breast cancer. She was an inspiration to many people because of her incredible spirit and enthusiasm for life. She was bright, inquisitive, and “did her homework” about breast cancer, always looking for new... Read more
Over the last several weeks I’ve been writing about some of the upsetting things that people say without even knowing that they have hurt you. In this week’s blog I’ll be turning the tables and addressing what happens when people don’t know what to say at all.
In the women’s group that I’ve mentioned several times in the past, I heard... Read more
Although I might revisit this theme in the future, this will probably be the last of this series for now. Feel free to send me comments that you have heard that might make for interesting reading in the future.I have to preface this next remark carefully because it is a sensitive one that involves an important religious brief that many people... Read more
A few weeks ago I was meeting with a woman who has been diagnosed with and is now being treated for ovarian cancer. She has done quite well but was referred by her oncologist because she seemed to be overwhelmed or maybe even depressed. She has support from her family but tends to be a bit on the anxious side and worries about a lot of things... Read more
When I was growing up, a TV celebrity named Art Linkletter had a show called Kid’s Say The Darnedest Things. On the show young kids were asked what appeared to be simple, innocent questions and the responses were often really unpredictable and funny. That was the inspiration for this week’s blog. Unfortunately, well meaning people sometimes... Read more
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