Belgium

Thirty-Four

Yesterday was my birthday.  Birthdays aren’t all they’re cracked up to be sometimes.  One year I lost my birthday altogether as we traveled back to Korea from Hawaii.  With the flights and the time changes we lost almost an entire day.  I cried.  On the plane from Honolulu back to Seoul.  How spoiled rotten am… Continue reading Thirty-Four

Belgium · Cancer

The Beginning

Let me start from the beginning. Many people have asked me about my diagnosis and surgery. And you cannot Google double mastectomy without getting thousands of links to Angelina Jolie and her story. I am not her. Darn it. A little over a month ago I found a lump on my left breast. A walnut-size… Continue reading The Beginning

Belgium · Cancer

I Put On My Bra Today

I put my bra on today. Most women don’t think about this step of dressing each morning. Sometimes we do it half asleep as we’re kicking our husbands out of bed and longing for that first hot cup of coffee or sometimes we do it after a nice long shower and an invigorating run in… Continue reading I Put On My Bra Today