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faith and the Holy Dude

September 19, 2011

I’m sort of having issues with this post. I don’t mean to offend those that feel deeply religions.  But I don’t mean to offend those that are atheist too. Because I belive both have a place in God’s plans. God. That’s the name I grew up with.  Yahweh, Mohammed, Christ, Jesus, Higher Power, Gary.  These [...]

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making a deal i can keep

August 28, 2010

It’s not very often that someone will ask a question and I know the answer to it. I’m usually asking the kids answers to questions about square roots and wind velocity. But I happen to know this inside out. Sort of depressing, but I do know it. Peyton’s cancer. She’s finished her second year post-treatment [...]

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at least you were as wrong as I was

August 9, 2010

Way back when Peter and I were first asked to speak at Blogher, he almost said no because he was worried about crowd control. I laughed. As we got closer to the date he worried some more about getting crowded and me feeling overwhelmed.  I laughed. In the weeks just before we left, Peter was [...]

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i got the best kind of people you can hope to find

June 11, 2010

I’ve been lucky.  So very lucky I hardly know what to do with myself. Most people won’t skate on the edge of death and come back to write blog posts about it. Some will circle the drain, but not everyone has a family that will fight to keep you afloat. Friends are great, having every [...]

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the smallest bits, they make the largest parts sometimes

May 18, 2010

Some days I have to find to find a way to grow hope. It can be the fingers moving the smallest bit in this video…it can also be remembering how to make the video. Take your pick. my hand action from Anissa Mayhew on Vimeo.

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you know how there are owls in the desert? this post is not about them at all.

April 28, 2010

I have noticed the change, and some others have too, I suppose. Probably everyone who used to follow my old stuff has noticed.  The new people have probably seen some difference. And we’re not just talking about the way I dress. For those that haven’t totally gotten it yet, we are talking about my writing. [...]

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people were really nice to me. they treated me well. apparently i owe them money now.

April 18, 2010

I woke up just a few months ago. It was unclear and confusing, I didn’t realize my body didn’t work yet. But i loved the people coming to visit me.  Some, i don’t remember.  Some, I was too tired to see. Some, made me laugh. Some, memories faint but still memorable. They were the voices [...]

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Happy First Anniversary, Peyton

November 12, 2009

It’s been a year. A year since I handed Peyton her last dose of chemotherapy medicine and she downed it like a champ. A year since the clock started ticking….the one that counts off the days to five years. She’s finally gotten to the age where she’s got more days off-chemo than on-chemo in her [...]

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It’s just a cold. It’s just a cold. It’s just a cold.

August 31, 2009

Peyton’s had the crud. I try not to let that be a big deal. Kids get sick…even kids who had cancer are allowed to get JUST.GET.SICK. But. Low-grade fever. Three words I really hate. I would guess those words induce some sort of PTSD reaction in me…my palms will get sweaty and my heart races…I [...]

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Whatever it may be

August 17, 2009

“You’re so strong” “I couldn’t do it” “I’m in awe of you” I can’t tell you how many times someone said or wrote these words to me over the past three years.  Usually at the moments I felt the weakest, the least awesome, knowing that any moment I couldn’t do it anymore. Those words spurred [...]

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