A few years ago we wrote about how hard it is for people/couples facing Metastatic Breast Cancer to answer the question: “How are you?” It’s just too big and too loaded. Better alternatives include: “How are you today or how are you in this moment?”
We thought we would answer that latter question.
Good things for us at this moment. Time in Winona. The new Springsteen movie. Family and friends. Our recent trip to a Dude Ranch (more on that soon). The Enneagram. Homemade Detroit Style Pizza. Dressing up for Halloween (a cowgirl and a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup). College Possible’s 25th birthday. Our nieces and nephews. Daily journaling. Stillness. Magic. Cuddling. Sheet pan dinners. CPAP therapy. Hiking. Digitally unplugging. The new seasons of Slow Horses and the Diplomat. Caregiver CON. Buying Christmas sweaters (it’s never too early).
Hard things for us at this moment. MBC (always). Trump. Depression. Medicine side effects. Friends dying. Creaky knees. Trump. Limited resilience. So much hate and fear in the world. Antisemitism. Loneliness. Slowing down without feeling guilty. Sadness.
The hard is always there in some form or another and it’s pretty heavy. But so is lots of good and for that we are incredibly grateful.
