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April 2013

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The End of our “Ordinary” Life – early July, 2012 emails

EARLY JULY As I share these emails, from early July of 2012, I realize this is the last period of time when we were living an “ordinary” life.  Granted, my definition of “ordinary” had shifted, given that Elizabeth, my 22-year-old daughter, had already been through one course of chemo for lymphoma and was in remission […]

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Two Moments – by Elizabeth Blue

Two Moments December 7, 2011 I guess I could try and say a bunch of cliche and profound things about having cancer.   “I’m lucky to be here.” “I shouldn’t be here” “I’m fighting for my life.” That one really gets me:  I’m fighting for my life.  The thing is, it doesn’t feel like fighting, […]

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June, 2012 – A New Challenge Met with Grace and Courage

For two and a half months, from March to the end of May, 2012 all was well.  Elizabeth had completed chemo, and in April she and I were photographed together by a wonderful local artist, Jade Beall, who captured Elizabeth in her beauty, full of life, and the two of us expressing the love that […]

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