Archive for the ‘Cancer’ Category

The Countdown to Movember

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Quite frankly, it is difficult to imagine that we are a mere 24 days away from October 31. For most, of course, it means an excuse to party, dress-up outlandishly, and partake in a bit of trick-or-treat! For me, it has annually come to represent the last day on which my ...

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Another Day in the Diary

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

I seem to return to the word ‘bittersweet’ at the moment. I used it to describe the feelings of West Indian cricket supporters on Tuesday, and it is a very accurate means of depicting today for me. Essentially, Saturday July 3, 2010, is just another day. Friday July 3, 2009, was without ...

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PERSPECTIVE … It’s Relatively Important

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Perspective is a funny thing - we evidently have it as we constantly seem to be putting things in it. On the flip side, the fact that we keep on having to put things in it evidently mean that we never have it. Confused dot com??? per·spec·tive (pər spek′tiv) adjective of perspective drawn in ...

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Inspiration in Adversity

Monday, February 15th, 2010

I will keep this as succinct as possible ... only because one of my best friends recently told me that my musings often give her a headache, either because her brain is fried by my somewhat ostentatious use of the vernacular, or because of the 'sadness' of the subject matter. This ...

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Cigarettes and … mmm … Cigarettes

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Well, I did have an intention of quitting these demons today ... regrettably, and somewhat unsurprisingly, there is little requirement of a readers' poll to see whether I actually have!! A quite emphatic NO at this point! However, steps are being taken, small ones admittedly which would leave a footprint smaller ...

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Bravo for Bravery

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Originally Posted here on Thursday 7 January In my post, "The Special People of 2009", I spoke of the inspiration given to me by my close friend Lorna Harris, who has battled Cancer with the absolute bravery, energy and vitality that she epitomises. I have always had a great interest in the ...

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