Usually I wake up to something like this. Or this. But this morning, despite cat noses in the eye, I just couldn’t quite wake up and we’re meeting my dad and Diana in Seattle later to go hear Beethoven’s 9th at Benaroya Hall. Normally, I take a nice leisurely bath to soothe my aching bones, …
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Tip #3, Feeding Your Brain
In this belated edition of My Christmas Present to You, or Bridget’s Guide to Surviving Life & All It’s Bizarreness When You Are Temporarily Health Challenged, we explore feeding your brain. You’re sick. Your brain is mush. You try reading the latest, hottest, most interesting book that everyone is talking about. Then lose track of …
Tip #2, Love Is All You Need or Bridget’s Surefire Guide to Keeping Up With Your Friends So That They Don’t Forget How Fun You Are
Your friends are awesome. When you’re temporarily health challenged, they are even more awesome than usual. They come visit, send you cards and presents, make you cupcakes, volunteer to cat-sit, and maybe even help you raise money to cover your medical expenses. But the thing is, when you’re sick, you sort of just want to …
My Christmas Present to You
Over the past couple of years of living with cancer, I’ve actually learned some things (I was surprised by this too) and I realized that it might be helpful to share them. I know many of my blog readers are in perfect health, but maybe you can pass these tips along to someone who isn’t. …
Napping Day
I would like to interrupt Napping Day for a very special “Thank You!” to everyone who participated in the auction! It was a huge success and we can’t thank everyone who was involved enough. We are overcome with the generosity of our friends and family and the kidlit community. You all seriously, seriously rock! I …
The Girl Who Lived
My oncologist looks a lot like a less-hairy Dumbledore. If we’re going to fight foes of darkness etc., a Dumbledore lookalike seems like a good guy to have on our Bridget Kicks Cancer team, don’t you think? A team which is currently knocking my socks off–the auction is amazing! I had all of these big …