Ginny Marie's Blog

By Ginny Marie Last updated: Wed Dec 3, 2008 5:22am PST
  • Black, Wool Hat

    By Ginny Marie, on Wed Dec 3, 2008 5:22am PST

    It's dark now, at 5:30 in the afternoon, and I pull on my black, wool hat as I walk out the door to pick Lily up from ballet class.  The edge of the hat touches my bare forehead, and I reach my hand up to scratch.  My hair is tucked behind my ears, peeking out from...

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  • Poisonous Cures

    By Ginny Marie, on Thu Jun 5, 2008 9:08am PDT

    The song Another Day, by Sting, reminds me of chemotherapy. The refrain says: But it's hard to tell the poison from the cure It's harder still to know the reason why, why, why The only thing I really know for sure Is that another day, another day's gone by, by, by Chemotherapy most... Read More »

  • Breast Cancer and Vitamin D

    By Ginny Marie, on Tue Jun 3, 2008 6:43am PDT

    When I was in graduate school, I got mononucleosis. I was teaching summer school and taking two graduate classes, so naturally I thought that's why I was so tired. It took a couple of doctor visits to determine what what wrong with me, and by the time we did, I was jaundiced and had a swollen... Read More »

  • Our Real World

    By Ginny Marie, on Mon Jun 2, 2008 5:17pm PDT

    One of the big movies of the summer is Prince Caspian.  The Chronicles of Narnia were my favorite books when I was growing up, and I was disappointed to read a review of the movie that stated much of the movie was spent on the battle scene, when in fact C.S. Lewis spends only a couple of pages... Read More »

About This Author

Diagnosed with breast cancer at 27, I never thought I'd be a mom! 12 years later I have a 10 month old named Emmy and a 3 year old named Lily. (Oh, yeah, and a great husband, too!)