aLive @ Stage 4!

In case you don't know, I have begun taking classes in order to obtain a teaching degree.  One of the classes is Public Speaking.  Our final speech is a Persuasive speech.  The topic I chose is "Caring for Others".  I thought you might be interested.  Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. Update July 2021 -- I have taken my speech notes and expanded on it for an English paper.  If you don't want to watch the speech, here's the paper: 🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷 It Takes a Village…. They say it takes a village to raise a child … I say it also takes a village to care for a sick person.   You will not be able to tell by my appearance, but I have Stage 4 cancer.   I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer just over six years ago.   Since then, I have been on continuous treatment.   Especially while I was undergoing chemotherapy, but still, even now six years later, I have been approached by so many people wantin

This is a blog post was started a few years ago and put on the back burner.  Enjoy. Written on July 31, 2017 Facebook reminds us about our past.  Yesterday, it reminded me that last year I posted this photo with the caption "What a difference a year makes": The two photos at the top were taken two years ago while I was resting in bed recovering from a chemo session with my daytime caregiver and my evening caregiver.  The photo at the bottom, which was one year later, was taken at the Calvert Marine Museum.  I thought I was "getting stronger every day" and I did seem to be improving.  My hair was growing back.  I had more energy and stamina.  Heck, to not deal with the parking, we walked from the Holiday Inn to the concert.  We weren't alone in that, lots of people did.  I wouldn't be able to do that today.  These days, I walk with a cane.  It helps me keep my balance.  When I started using it, I got lots of surprised looks and questions about it from fa