Jane Roper's Blog, page 18
October 21, 2013
The Princess on the Carousel
Now that I’ve processed and decided to leave my Make-a-Wish guilt behind, I’m getting really excited for our trip to Disney and Universal Studios. Alastair has been hitting the guidebooks, and a friend of a friend who helps people plan Disney vacations, via her company Kingdom Planners, has provided some great tips and sample itineraries... Read the Rest »
October 12, 2013
Guilt and Kittens
1. Guilt We’re all getting really excited for our Make-A-Wish trip to Disney in a couple of weeks. Alastair’s been hitting the Insider’s Guide and I’ve been accessing long-lost memories of going to Disney as a kid (Loving The Pirates of the Caribbean ride! Being bored in The Hall of Presidents!), and starting to compile... Read the Rest »
October 7, 2013
The People of Whole Foods
I can be a real jerk sometimes. I can be classist and biased and prejudicial against people who have had fewer privileges in life than I have. I have many times — with friends who do the same — mimicked the Boston accents of the “townies” in our neighborhood. I sometimes feel secret disdain when... Read the Rest »
September 28, 2013
Requisite Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Post
Well, it’s been one hell of a week cancer-wise. Not where Clio is concerned, blessedly. But cancer has touched several people in our circle of friends and acquaintances in the worst of ways this week. Last weekend, one of Alastair’s old high school friends died just a little over a year after being diagnosed with... Read the Rest »
September 23, 2013
Childhood Cancer Forgetfulness
Childhood Cancer Forgetfulness opposed to Awareness. Get it? Er…forget it. So, anyway. I keep forgetting I have this blog! No. Just kidding; I don’t. I’ve just been very busy, and haven’t had the burning desire to write anything lately. I guess life doesn’t feel quite as eventful lately. And where cancer is concerned, that’s a... Read the Rest »
September 11, 2013
Enter JoJo
In June of 2012, a little over a week before Clio was diagnosed with leukemia, our cat, Ella, died. Yeah. Depressing, right? Alastair and I adopted Ella from a shelter way back in 1998, after we first moved in together. She was a sweet little cat, who could hunt like a mofo: she once got... Read the Rest »
September 3, 2013
Keep Your Day Job
We just had a marvelous week at the family camp we go to at the end of August every year. Alastair has been going with his parents since he was four years old, and many of the same families come back year after year, the same week. So there’s a lot of socializing over meals,... Read the Rest »
August 22, 2013
Toothless Wonder
Clio is right on the brink of losing her first tooth. Bottom front left. I am unreasonably happy for her. She is extremely excited, too. Like any kid about to lose her first tooth. But, like me, I think she’s a little more excited than would typically be the case. See, chemo slows stuff down.... Read the Rest »
August 15, 2013
Sunshine and Clouds
Well, hello there! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but everything is fine, no major dramas. (Some people have told me they get worried when I haven’t posted for a while.) Mostly I’ve just been busy as all get-out with work, working at night and other unpleasantness, plus we were away all last week... Read the Rest »
July 30, 2013
Chemo, you wily bastard
After last week’s post in which I excoriate the purveyors of alternative cancer “cures,” I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate the fact that chemo — while effective — really does blow. We just got back from a whirlwind trip to DC, where Alastair had several gigs, followed by the Jersey shore, (Ocean... Read the Rest »
