Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Carpe Diem
Are you one of those people who reads the last page of a book first?
Well, I am...so here is the ending. I have cancer.
Thyroid cancer...papillary carcinoma to be exact.
Another surgery and a round of radiation within the next 6 weeks. Needless to say I was upset. I do not want another surgery or to have to miss more work to deal with this. I did promise many people that I would take time off this round to rest and recoup properly. I will be the first to say that I needed more rest before I came back from the first surgery. Awaiting a neck ultrasound to check my lymph nodes and then surgery will be booked :(
I really wasn't that surprised when Dr. Nichols read me the pathology report. Call it woman's intuition or call it the "C" factor.
My entire life has been defined by the letter C.
Growing up - cookies, crafts, chocolate, crayons, cousins
Teen years - crushes, curling, corsages, camp, and culture (France)
20s - colitis, college, Calumet, Corona, cottaging, corporate Canada, crosswords
30s - camera, Creative Memories, children, cinema, casseroles, cats, coffee
40s - Crohns disease, casino, calories, climbing (rock), cooking, Chicago marathon
So you see, this just fits into the "C" factor my life seems to define itself by.
I wonder what the future holds?
Cruise? Cycling? China? Caribbean? Chanel :)? celebrations? cellulite, comedy? compassion? Creme Brulee? cashmere? Cancer free!!!!
Well, I am...so here is the ending. I have cancer.
Thyroid cancer...papillary carcinoma to be exact.
Another surgery and a round of radiation within the next 6 weeks. Needless to say I was upset. I do not want another surgery or to have to miss more work to deal with this. I did promise many people that I would take time off this round to rest and recoup properly. I will be the first to say that I needed more rest before I came back from the first surgery. Awaiting a neck ultrasound to check my lymph nodes and then surgery will be booked :(I really wasn't that surprised when Dr. Nichols read me the pathology report. Call it woman's intuition or call it the "C" factor.
My entire life has been defined by the letter C.
Growing up - cookies, crafts, chocolate, crayons, cousins
Teen years - crushes, curling, corsages, camp, and culture (France)
20s - colitis, college, Calumet, Corona, cottaging, corporate Canada, crosswords
30s - camera, Creative Memories, children, cinema, casseroles, cats, coffee
40s - Crohns disease, casino, calories, climbing (rock), cooking, Chicago marathon
So you see, this just fits into the "C" factor my life seems to define itself by.
I wonder what the future holds?
Cruise? Cycling? China? Caribbean? Chanel :)? celebrations? cellulite, comedy? compassion? Creme Brulee? cashmere? Cancer free!!!!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Legacy? Do I have one to leave?
Had an amazing meeting this morning in which I was challenged once again to think about the term LEGACY.
Do I have one? Do I want to leave one? What is mine? What should I be doing now to establish what mine will be? Do I need one for my life? Work? Family? What is yours? Any resources I should be checking out in order to get a better understanding of the complexity?
Funny how you think you got it going on and then the colonel gets you to think deeper. Thanks colonel but now I will be awake at night pondering this new vision I need to iron out.
Obviously, I want my legacy to be something about lasting leadership but I continue to try to figure what kind of leadership style I have, like and aspire to leave for others.
Is legacy something you design purposefully or is it something that is innate in all of us?
Do I just want to be known as someone who cared deeply for others? Do I want people to remember me as someone who wanted others to be happy? Thrive? Have purpose?
I really want to be remembered as a teacher, daughter, wife, sister and friend. But I do not think that is enough. What I have done in those various roles to help others needs to be my legacy. Stay tuned for the discovery process.
Do I have one? Do I want to leave one? What is mine? What should I be doing now to establish what mine will be? Do I need one for my life? Work? Family? What is yours? Any resources I should be checking out in order to get a better understanding of the complexity?
Funny how you think you got it going on and then the colonel gets you to think deeper. Thanks colonel but now I will be awake at night pondering this new vision I need to iron out.
Obviously, I want my legacy to be something about lasting leadership but I continue to try to figure what kind of leadership style I have, like and aspire to leave for others.
Is legacy something you design purposefully or is it something that is innate in all of us?
Do I just want to be known as someone who cared deeply for others? Do I want people to remember me as someone who wanted others to be happy? Thrive? Have purpose?
I really want to be remembered as a teacher, daughter, wife, sister and friend. But I do not think that is enough. What I have done in those various roles to help others needs to be my legacy. Stay tuned for the discovery process.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Chicago 2011
What is great is that Alicia and Lindsay signed up again too PLUS our friends Kellie, Camille and Scott then my friends Kathryn and John emailed to say that they were in too.
I have emailed Lennie's cousin Kevin to ask if we can come back and "ditto" last year's weekend. It was so great to stay with them and have so many fans on the route.
I am feeling 95% after the thyroid and girlie surgeries. Have worked out but not on full throttle yet - this Sunday I am back at 100%.
This year I am running the marathon with a different mental state. Now that I know I can run the race, this year I am going to run it well, for me to prove to myself that I am a runner not just a finisher.
Stay tuned for details on our running club we are forming BadAss Runners. Sweet!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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