Illinois ladies facing bc
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Lost you girls. It's been a long treck, and I'm sorry I've been away for years. But I want you to know I'm still here for you. The worst and the best of my life have been with you. I am still here. Hope and faith.......
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Glad to meet you, leesa! Where in the city are you?
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It need not discourage us if we are full of doubts. Healthy
questions keep faith dynamic. In fact, unless we start
with doubts we cannot have a deep-rooted faith. One who
believes lightly and unthinkingly has not much of a belief.
One who has a faith which is not to be shaken has won it
through blood and tears--has worked his or her way from
doubt to truth as one who reaches a clearing through
a thicket of brambles and thorns.
Helen Keller0 -
leesa, so good to see you here. Glad we weren't lost forever.
Going to be hot and humid today, but we will hang in there. Will take a bit but next week rain is coming to cool it down a bit. Summer has arrived fairly fully and overnight as yesterday was superb with a nice breeze and temps. that felt just right. Sigh !!!! As always I'm not really ready for that humidity. I think it is less than others get in surrounding states, but still not real welcome. It is what you get used too.
Hope you are all going to have a fantastic day.
Jackie
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Hot, hot, HOT here--even by the lake! We had massive storms last night, with some hail (good thing we garage the cars). But the tomato plants weren’t damaged--in fact they seem to have grown 3” overnight, and we had to install the cages.
I have a comedy-club musical gig tonight (“pHusion” at pH Comedy Theater, 1515 W Berwyn, Chicago--9:30 pm) where every one of my three 2-song sets will be the inspiration for the pH resident troupe improvising sketches. The the hard part--I am supposed to musically improv-jam with one of their own sketches, which I’ve never done before. Hope I can get the “yes, and” technique right, rather than either being stumped, going so far out in left field that they can’t jump in & go with the flow, or (worst of all) upstaging them. I have been told to save my funny songs till the end, to avoid just that. So if you wanna hear my funny stuff, you have to stay till the end.
It’s also the first night of the Andersonville Midsommarfest street fair. Either it’ll be so hot or stormy out that fairgoers will be inclined to come in out of the rain (and earsplitting outdoor rock band volume) and take advantage of shelter, air conditioning, actual seats, better drinks, and lyrics and dialogue they can actually hear.......I hope! Tricky to try to pick an outfit that is flattering, attractive for performance, and not too hot to wear in summer.
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Good Luck Sandy in the heat. Hope you do end up with a full house. I don't do ear-splitting anymore so I'd be one for the inside for sure.
Jackie
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Leesa not sure if we have met yet. where in chicago?
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Had a full house, and the temps here on the lakefront weren’t so bad (wore compression anyway). It was so much fun, getting to play for an audience listening to every word and laughing at every intro (I’m a big fan of funny intros for serious songs)--and then watching the actors come up with improv sketches based on my songs. For the “jamming,” I provided an underscore (including “O Canada” for a bit featuring Canadians and the riff from “Aqualung” for a bit on Jethro Tull). And finally, I got to do two funny songs for the encore. The rain held off, too. Of course, because it was Fri. night at Midsommarfest, Uber had “surge pricing,” but that was still a buck or two cheaper than a cab.
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Glad you had a good performance. I was outside too,at the Blues Festival. Lovely evening.
The cousin of my best friend came to Chicago for the Festival and she wanted me to come. This is the friend who kept me supplied in homemade soup and breads for months during BC treatment. So of course I was going.
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What better way is there to make people love one another than
to make people understand one another?True charity comes only
with clarity—just as "mercy" is but justice that understands.
Surely the root of all evil is the inability to see clearly that which is.
William Durant0 -
Hooray for a great concert in spite of heat that wasn't so bad and threat of rain that didn't happen. Sometimes I think the karma is just so good that all goes well.
Doxie, I'm glad you, your friend, and her cousin went and had a good time sharing together. Some connections in life are just the greatest.
Despite what will be a warm and humid day I find myself feeling content ( the real heat hasn't started yet ) and upbeat.
Jackie
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Might hit BluesFest tonight or tomorrow if the weather holds up. I live <1/4 mi. from the nearest Red Line stop so no need for an Uber or outrageous parking fee.
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The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday, and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
Neil deGrasse Tyson0 -
"Before" and "after" for me was not just before my mother's illness and after her death.It was the dividing line between seeing the world in black and white, and in Technicolor.The lights came on, for the darkest possible reason.And I went back to school and I looked around at all the kids I knew who found it kind of a drag and who weren't sure if they could really hack it and who thought life was a bummer.And I knew that I had undergone a sea change.Because I was never again going to be able to see life as anything except a great gift. - Anna Quindlen
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Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around
you, and live by them.From following them, you will learn the morality
of modesty, moderation, compassion, and consideration (not just one
society's rules and regulations), the wisdom of seeing things as they
are (not of merely collecting "facts" about them), and the happiness of
being in harmony with the Way (which has nothing to do with self-
righteous "spiritual" obsessions and fanaticism).And you will live
lightly, spontaneously, and effortlessly.0 -
"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby."
-- Ruth E. Renkel0 -
Seeking oncologist in the city of Chicago who is progressive, holistic, and will collaborate with other medical providers to help address issues outside the immediate realm of Stage IV breast cancer.
Do you love your oncologist? Tell me about them! Thank you!
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We are all flowers in the Great Spirit's garden. We share a common root, and the root is Mother Earth. The garden is beautiful because it has different colors in it, and those colors represent different traditions and cultural backgrounds.
Grandfather David Monongye (Hopi)0 -
DancingVeggie, my MO Teresa Murray Law (Evanston Hosp.) isn't holistic per se, but she is sympathetic to complementary therapies. NorthShore Kellogg Cancer Center does have a Complementary Medicine dept. with acupuncturists, aromatherapists, massage therapists, tai chi, qi gong, and mind-body practitioners. (All Kellogg patients have full access, free of charge, to these and other services at the Cancer Wellness Center up in Northbrook). There is also a spa and wellness center on Dempster just east of Dodge in Evanston called “Heartwood" that is only for women with cancer. They are part of the “Healing Touch" program.
I find Dr. Law to be delightful--she began our initial consult with “Tell me all about yourself: your family & household, interests & passions.” She is very adaptable to my needs & preferences.
Other good oncologists of whom I'm aware are Kathy Albain at Loyola (she and my husband were U of I internal-med residents together, and she helped develop OncotypeDX); and Rush-Pres.' Melody Cobleigh.
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DancingVeggie I have a lot of respect for my oncologist (smart lady) but she is not one for complimentary treatments unless they have some standard medical studies behind them.
Lots of folks recommend the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment in Skokie. Also Cancer Centers of America in Zion will also be on the line of what you are looking for as well.
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Just as gardeners cultivate their plots, keeping them free
from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which
they require, so may a person tend the garden of his or her
mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure
thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and
fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts. By pursuing this
process, a person sooner or later discovers that he or she is the master-gardener of his or her soul, the director of his or her life.
James Allen0 -
Know that CTCA in Zion (near the WI state line) does not accept Medicare and insists on either excellent conventional insurance or adequate financial resources. They also tend to cherry-pick patients they know will keep their overall stats high. You need to level with them about being Stage IV--and they may not take you for love or money.
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One of my patients who survived three major surgeries in five weeks
described himself as "born again." When I asked him about this, he
told me that his experience had challenged all of his ideas about life.
Everything he had thought true had turned out to be merely belief and
had not withstood the terrible events of recent weeks. He was stripped
of all he knew and left only with the unshakable conviction that life
itself was holy. This insight in its singularity and simplicity had
sustained him better than the multiple, complex system of beliefs and
values that had been the foundation of his life up until this time. It
upheld him like stone and upholds him still because it has been tested
by fire. At the depths of the most unimaginable vulnerability he has
discovered that we live not by choice but by grace.
And that life itself is a blessing.0 -
The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth.
Lucian0 -
Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer0 -
Got my letter from Women's Breast center --- last mammogram showed NOTHING so 8 yrs. and counting.
Jackie
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Yay, Jackie!!!
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Hooray, Jackie! Today I found out (right away) that my mammo was also clear!
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Yay, Sandy!
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Way to go Sandy and I'm wishing everyone you ever have will be just the same.
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