A Memory Sewn

01/23/2021

Two "Dad Hugs" for a couple of special, and tall, guys. He will always be with you.

02/11/2020

So proud to be your Mom, Hilary. Thank you for putting yourself out there and helping all women who have faced down breast cancer. Love you. ❤️

Please everyone share this so all who have these implants know.

After Hilary Corts learned she had a BRCA 2 gene mutation and an 85% chance of developing breast cancer, she chose to have a double mastectomy and replaced her breast tissue with textured implants. Now, she is suing Allergan, the implant manufacturer, because of new research showing that the texture...

11/28/2019

I truly thought I was done, not only with this mode of communication, but with this whole chapter of my life.  Apparently, I need to say some final words.  This morning my beautiful sister called to wish me a happy Thanksgiving and to tell ...

05/05/2019

Wow, I had no idea it would be such a challenge. I am no stranger to having parts removed, always bouncing back in a timely fashion. Could it be because I am old............er? Well, for whatever reason, I do believe that I am going to make it ...

04/15/2019

I keep trying to get myself in my "eternally optimistic" mode and can't seem to find it. I wonder some days if my sense of humor was located in my left kidney and was removed also. It's been a tough struggle, but the kidney is gone and all was ...

03/11/2019

Surgery is April 4, at 7:30am.  I have to be there at 6.  I will be taking a box of donuts and caffeinated coffee for the surgical staff to make sure they are wide awake and happy to be there.  I will be in the hospital for 4 ...

03/02/2019

The PET scan showed cancer has indeed shrunk, both in kidney and lymph node, and the nodule on my lung is gone.  What nodule on my lung, you ask?  That's exactly what I asked when Dr. Seth mentioned it the visit before.  "Oh, not to ...

02/16/2019

A counselor once told Hilary, when she was 5, "Worry is a payment you make on a debt that you may never incur." I have thought of this many times over the 25 years that have since passed. and what I always conclude is this: amen and amen.  It ...

02/05/2019

Today is it, the last chemo. It seems like yesterday the journey started, and it feels like a lifetime ago as well. I was truly down and out for 5 days with that 4th and last one, and so grateful that I did not experience that with the first ...

01/30/2019

It's funny how you look back at your life growing up and you realize things about your family that you hadn't really given that much thought to. Our family was one that loved words. We played Scrabble from the time we could sit up straight at ...

01/20/2019

    That old adage, "time flies while you are having fun" actually applies with or without the fun. It's hard to believe treatments started on November 27 and I am already 3/4 done.  The last series is January 29, 30 and February ...