good day – bad day
Posted: December 10, 2013 Filed under: cycling, health | Tags: 2wheels2kids, bad day, cancer, layoffs, perspective 23 CommentsThe morning started with the post merger CEO stating: “These are difficult times, and some of you are going to lose your jobs.” That can make it a bad day. Then when the Dr. calls and mentions your cancer test is a bit awry, it’s a bad day.
Still, we are promised few things but change. Each day differs from the last, and sometimes we must re-invent ourselves. As an old acquaintance use to say: “I was looking for a job when I found this one.” Seems logical to me.
What made it a good day? We received a check from a donor for our foundation 2wheels2kids.wordpress.com which means another kid gets a bike for Christmas. How can I not smile.
Merry Christmas
DNA – 2
Posted: November 19, 2013 Filed under: health | Tags: 23andme.com, dna, dna testing, health, origins 20 CommentsThe fun of this DNA testing surprises….
and reminds me of places far away…
and how all of us are descendents of travelers…
but if I ever felt holier than thou… I might be justified
But my kids say, I can be a royal pain…
But then we decide if we really want to know…
But what we have in common should transcend the sum or our differences.
I found this at 23andme.com
dna news
Posted: November 18, 2013 Filed under: health | Tags: 23andme, dna testing, neanderthal dna 16 CommentsThe results are back from 23andme.com. You send them a saliva sample, then they sequence your DNA and you can view the results on their website. It’s a combination of fun and some serious information.
It’s nice to score in the 98th percentile in any test, I just never thought it would be from having 3.1% of Neanderthal DNA.
My kids may have suspected it.
what matters
Posted: April 15, 2013 Filed under: health, pearls of wisdom | Tags: child, grow strong, hope, love, preemie 20 Commentsthere are cowards who think themselves brave by hurting the defenseless. In the end they will be brought down for they are empty vessels. I choose to think of love and hope now.
Little Gabe Kangarooing with his father — fighting to preserve what some waste so foolishly.
take a break
Posted: January 29, 2013 Filed under: health | Tags: taking a blogging break 52 CommentsAfter a month of scans and needles ( I only wish I had examined my thoughts as well as they examined my neck ), I have dissenting opinions. Read the rest of this entry »
ok to be weak
Posted: January 14, 2013 Filed under: cancer, health, pearls of wisdom | Tags: being weak, family, lymph nodes, secrets, thyroid cancer, trust 31 CommentsWhen I grew up we were emotional islands. Read the rest of this entry »
super-fun super-fund
Posted: January 5, 2013 Filed under: cancer, health, history | Tags: ashtabula, cancer, fields brook, my history, pollution, river of many fish 36 CommentsWhen I was young we lived near a stream called Fields Brook and the Ashtabula river it fed. Read the rest of this entry »
sorbet
Posted: December 18, 2012 Filed under: cancer, figures of speech, health 27 CommentsHow do I feel after two shots, one in each cheek? Read the rest of this entry »
happy day
Posted: December 2, 2012 Filed under: art, cancer, health | Tags: art, call, cancer, hold, hope, presents, radiation, scan, smile, thyroid cancer, warmth 33 CommentsWas thinking of presents. Read the rest of this entry »
the trail
Posted: September 12, 2012 Filed under: cancer, cycling, health | Tags: bicycling, cancer, cancer trail, diagnosis, headache 50 CommentsOnce having strolled the cancer trail, Read the rest of this entry »