Words Matter

GRANDMA BELLE’S BRISKET

GRANDMA BELLE’S BRISKET Dearest Michael, It seems apropos on the week before Rosh Hashanah to deliver to your future kitchen Grandma Belle’s Briske...

RUSHING AND MORE RUSHING

RUSHING AND MORE RUSHING The first time I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, I said to myself that it takes a knock out to slow me down. Thi...

RUGBY AND BEING A MOM

RUGBY AND BEING A MOM From the time my son, Michael, was in kindergarten he was on the sporting track to play baseball. His dad played baseball amo...

ALMOST FIVE MONTHS

ALMOST FIVE MONTHS Since March, I have created an awareness of the upper half of my body also known as my boobs, breasts, rack, tits, tatas and wha...

THE SPEED OF LIGHT

THE SPEED OF LIGHT After my last and final fill last week, four weeks before the fifth month, I am in awe of how much time has flown by. This time ...

MRS. MINUTELLI’S TOMATO SAUCE

MRS. MINUTELLI’S TOMATO SAUCE Dearest Michael, Growing up in a small town like Bristol, RI and raising a child happily forces some friendships with...

MY LAST FILL

MY LAST FILL I simply cannot believe that I had my final appointment with Dr. M. this past Monday for MY LAST FILL before my final surgery. What th...

NOTHING LIKE NATURE

NOTHING LIKE NATURE I rode with the birds today. I saw the birdhouses at the bird sanctuary and smelled the horse manure trampled by car traffic an...

WHITE CAKE

WHITE CAKE Dearest Michael, Along with frozen chocolate chip cookies, your uncle Michael loved white cake with CHOCOLATE ICING. WHITE CAKE, not yel...

MORNINGS WITH KATH

MORNINGS WITH KATH Kathy looks at me every time she sees me with that big bold smile of hers, eyes sparkling with those bambi lashes she wears and ...

FIVE MINUTES A DAY

FIVE MINUTES A DAY It seems that every time I go to bed I have some list or plan for myself the following day. “This week I am going to run every d...

BOOBS AT THE BEACH

BOOBS AT THE BEACH The thing about reconstruction surgery after a double mastectomy is the lack of feeling in your upper body. What’s interesting a...