March birthdays

The birthday girls, plus one

Cortnie

We celebrated with the birthday girls on Sunday. Of course, the little one thought it was great fun.

Cortnie

Chase

Several little experiements from the magic science kit were tried. I was interested in her reaction (pun intended) to the invisible […]

Cancer survivors on the emotional roller coaster

Having experienced my wife’s diagnosis of breast cancer (doom and gloom scary), her mastectomy (pain for a few days), her chemotherapy (slow death, hoping it kills the cancer cells faster than it kills her), and her radiation treatments, I thought her life (and mine) might return to normal after a year or so of cancer-clear […]

Yep! It’s skin cancer

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have a 5mm diameter spot on the back of my left hand. The pathology report on the biopsy that was done came back positive yesterday. The doctor called it a “simple” cancer. I suppose, although from my point of view, no cancer is simple. I’ll have it […]