Where to Next?

I have a very dear friend who is dealing with very challenging issues.

I'm posting this picture I found on the web, because I didn't have a bear around here to pose for me.

My cat refused to put on the costume!

Like the bear in the picture, we all find ourselves in the oddest places sometimes and just have to hang on a minute and assess the situation, get our "bearings" and follow our instincts to find the path to the next level of our lives.

May the furs be with you, dear Karen!

Me and My Comforter

Not feeling very well today. Wasted. Get up to do something and in a short time I am forced to go lie down. Made up my mind I was going to get things done anyway. Not a good idea. Good thing my friend was here helping with the laundry! So I rested with a cold wet wash cloth on my head while she put the folded laundry away.

Mom, used to do that... give me a cold wet wash cloth. It was always comforting. Another thing that is comforting when all I can do is lay about, is Buffy, da Bampire Flayer. She's comforting me in the picture I took by holding the camera above us and guessing which direction to aim the camera. After about a dozen takes, I finally got this one.

She's better than an old wet wash cloth any day of the week!!!

Very Special Friends - Chondrosarcoma

These collages are from photos I've received over the years from other people who have dealt with Chondrosarcoma, the same cartilage type of bone cancer from which I was diagnosed as a young woman. Though the survival rate for chondrosarcoma is supposed to be quite good, more people on these posters are gone than I want. Some of them are strong survivors who have amazing stories. I feel so privileged to know (or have known) these beautiful intrepid souls.