The Incredibly Shrinking Personal Space

Grace - no personal space!

One of the things I love about Grace is her lack of personal space. I can get up in her face and cover her with kisses, and it doesn’t bother her. When she was a year old, we would do the “baby mind meld”, and she would press her forehead to mine. The child has not yet developed a need for personal space, and I love it.

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Trying to leave the bubble

Flowers from Lee, post surgery

The past month has been the hardest, emotionally and physically, of this entire experience. Other than Dr’s appointments, I have hardly left the house. I’ve been living the past six months in protected bubble, where I only let approved information in, where Doctors attend to my every sniffle, where I know I’m safe.

Now that I’m officially “cancer free”, it’s time to leave the bubble. While I’m still recovering from surgery, and have radiation ahead of me, I’m out of the woods. I should be jumping up and down for joy, but all I can do is cry. I’m scared, and frankly, really really sad. It feels a bit like post partum depression. Continue reading Trying to leave the bubble