What We Could
KatyDid Cancer
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1y ago
 I was sitting in the salon chair, hair wet, chatting. I thought I saw something outside, and I did a double take. Did I just see that? No, it couldn’t be. Then a woman who had gone to get cokes for the rest of the staff came running in. Holy shit, there’s a woman out there who is totally naked. Not a strip of clothes on. It’s cold outside! She’s not right, something’s not right. My stylist ran outside, joined by another woman from the shop. Three of us stayed inside, watching at the window. The women outside tried to talk to her, tried to cover her up with scarves, a coat, a sa ..read more
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15th Mother's Day
KatyDid Cancer
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3y ago
I've been a mother for 15 years. But I had only been a mother for 4 years when I started writing this. And only for 7 years when I started writing this all over again. Back when I began writing this blog, I did it for a few reasons: to make it easier to talk about what was happening, and as a way to leave a long love letter to my kids if I were to die before they were old enough to remember me.   They have never read this blog nor expressed any interest in reading it. My daughter has articulated that she doesn't want to read about herself when she was younger. Behind that, I hear that s ..read more
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Bourne
KatyDid Cancer
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3y ago
I haven't written here in a year, and prior to that it was another year. I can't count the days the way I used to for these blogpost titles. I'm not sure the days mean anything or that time is relevant for anyone in the same way after a year of quarantine. A year that most people thought was two weeks, that us trauma informed people assumed would be 4-5 months. Even we underestimated. I have been wanting to write but unable to do so. I feel out of thoughts, out of touch, outside of myself. And so I asked facebook friends for writing prompts. I got a bunch of suggestions, several of which inspi ..read more
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Pandemic
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4y ago
I haven't written here in more than a year. There are a lot of reasons for that. Maybe as I resurrect this blog to write about this pandemic we are hopefully living through, I will begin to tell you why. But in the meantime, I am no longer numbering the days of my post titles, and I am no longer writing about cancer, to the extent that I was ever writing about cancer. Suffice it to say I am over six years out from my second cancer diagnosis. It is almost ten years now since I was first diagnosed. I have lived a lot longer than some, and have a more diminished life expectancy than many. So ..read more
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