WARNING: As in my previous blog, I occasionally use explicit language which you may find offensive. My intention is to make my point without sugar-coating my experience of being treated for cancer. So, how did this loss of dignity manifest…
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WARNING: This blog and the next one, are sometimes explicit in language so, if you are of a sensitive nature, you might want to skip them and wait for the blog after that. I fear however, that you will miss…
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As this entire series of blogs is my and my family’s experience through a difficult period in our life, I claim no scientific or well-researched study; I use my own interpretation of “Angels and Demons”. For me, a demon is basically…
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When you embark on a dangerous and life-altering mission, such as sailing solo around the world; going to enemy territory to rescue hostages; or as in my case, fighting cancer, make sure you take a few angels with you because…
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The Amish (German: Amisch or Amische) religious sect of Swiss-German immigrants who first settled in the USA in the 18thCentury mainly in the North East states of Ohio, Wisconsin & New York, with a small percentage in Southern Canada. They…
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The insidious thing about cancer is that it starts attacking you long before you even realise you are in a fight with it. So, by the time you had your boxing gloves on, cancer had already dealt you many punches, one…
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A song I hadn’t heard in a while came on this morning. It dates back to 1980 and it’s called: Take That Look Off Your Face. One line in particular triggered a thought in my mind. The line in the…
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The cliché goes like this: You cannot judge a book by its cover. This may be true but, it doesn’t seem to be a truth acted upon by most people. You may not be able to judge a book by its…
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The American playwright Neil Simon wrote a romantic play in the Sixties about a newly married couple who go through initial adjustments to accommodate one another including the wife wishing her buttoned-up husband would relax and do fun and crazy…
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So, Omarosa Manigault Newman was hired and fired by the Trump Organisation, including a year at the White House, 4 (Four) times! If this is not enough, the President’s daughter-in-law contacted her offering a fifth job opportunity, this time in…
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