by Lauren | Oct 28, 2018 | Breast Cancer
Today I am missing Eric terribly. It is a day that I expected five years ago to be celebrating with him. Today is the fifth anniversary of my mastectomy and I view it as the “five years clean” day. It is extremely hard to celebrate birthdays and holidays without him....
by Lauren | Oct 25, 2018 | Breast Cancer, children and cancer, loss of a spouse
On this day five years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today five years ago I thought I was going to die a horrible death, that I would whither away as my father had done from the brutal disease too many succumb to far too soon. Five years ago I thought I was...
by Lauren | Oct 8, 2018 | Grief, loss of a spouse
It is not just that I miss Eric’s humor and wit, his thoughtfulness and care, his intellect and mindfulness. But there are also practical issues that serve as daily reminders of his absence. Who will open the jar that defies my efforts, hang up mirrors and paintings...
I’m a middle aged (ugh!), extremely privileged mom to one fourteen year old daughter and a rather large, but very slobby brown dog, which I inherited (I’m NOT a dog person – much prefer cats, to which I am terribly allergic).