When a curse becomes a blessing

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I just experienced what I hope will be my last chemotherapy treatment for a long, long time.   It became necessary six months ago when I was blindsided by an ovarian cancer diagnosis.  It was even more shocking to learn that illness can be the catalyst for more blessings than you can ever imagine.

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Get up and move, you lazy thing

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All together now.  Get off that sofa and park the Bon Bons.  Just walking in place during the upcoming commercial break could  be a ground breaking launch for a full fledged exercise program. (At least that’s what my friend, the Pilates instructor, tells me.)

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Don’t talk dirty to me, you dirty thing

dirtyMy life just got even more simple.  All my hair fell out this week.

Well all but a hank in the front which is kind of cute if you focus on it and ignore the rest of the head which I discovered is slightly “coned,” . (Yes, I’m have cone-heads in my family tree.)

If my hank falls, I’m thinking of super-gluing it on so I’ll have

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Notes from a gullible skeptic

gullibleI was born a skeptic. The weather man says it will snow and I scoff because frankly it typically only snows when  there has been no mention of it in the forecast.

“The guvment guy” says he’s here to help and I let out a unladylike hoot, because we all know that’s unlikely.

But on the road to skepticism I’ve had to pass through the valley of

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