Category: celebrating

Today’s My Birthday … May There Be Many, Many More

On By Carolyn Patricia AllenIn celebrating, health, living with cancer, writing1 Comment

Not sure what I'll be doing today but whatever it is, I'll do it without guilt. Don't you think that all birthdays should be guilt-free zones where we indulge ourselves any way we choose without feeling guilty about it, or without feeling as though we wasted any time. We should give ourselves the gift of …

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Didn’t Celebrate Mother’s Day At My House

On By Carolyn Patricia AllenIn celebrating, family, living with cancer, writing2 Comments

We celebrated Mother's Weekend instead. It all started innocently enough. My husband and I were enjoying our morning tea on the back deck when I asked him what he had planned for me on Mother's Day. He sat stone quiet as his face turned ghost white. Sensing that he hadn't planned anything, I sat quietly, …

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