Jane Roper's Blog, page 20
June 17, 2013
Cancer Perk! An Afternoon at Fenway
I won’t lie to you. There are some pretty sweet perks that come with having a kid with cancer. On Saturday, we got to go to Fantasy Day at Fenway Park with the gals. It’s an event to benefit the Jimmy Fund where people can pay to go behind the scenes at Fenway and bat... Read the Rest »
June 11, 2013
Ye Olde Blog Archives
Every so often, people ask me if there’s a way to go back and read my old blog posts from my blog Baby Squared on Babble, where I blogged from mid-2007 (when my girls were 6 months old) through Summer 2012 (when they were 5-1/2 and, you know, we got cancer and all.) And the... Read the Rest »
June 7, 2013
Am I bringing you down?
As you may have noticed, I’m pretty open when it comes to talking about the fact that my daughter has cancer, and don’t hesitate to share some of the specifics. This is true offline as well as online. But I’ve also learned to make judicious choices about if and when to drop the “C-bomb” on... Read the Rest »
May 30, 2013
This Time Last Year
It’s hard not to play the “this time last year…” game when there’s been a big change in your life. I remember doing it when my girls were a few months old: This time last year, I didn’t have kids yet! And a year after the several-months’ trip I took to South America when I... Read the Rest »
May 26, 2013
Tell Me All Your Thoughts on God
Sorry, now I’ve got that song in your head. That is, if you listened to the radio in the 90s. I had a good talk with our church’s minister a couple of weeks ago. She’s reached out to me a few times since Clio got sick last year, and I never managed to make it... Read the Rest »
May 18, 2013
Welcome to Cancerland. (It Gets Better)
Since I started writing this blog, and since word of Clio’s diagnosis began spreading among my inner and outer circles of friends, I’ve heard from at least a dozen people whose children have just been diagnosed with leukemia or some other cancer. Some have contacted me just days after the news, in complete shock. For... Read the Rest »
May 10, 2013
Running, Rocking Out and Rallying
When I picked the girls up from school today, Elsa said that I could not look in her backpack, because there was a surprise in there, and she wasn’t going to say what it was, or who it was for, but I couldn’t look, OK?? (OK, sweetie. I won’t.) PROMISE?? (Yes, I promise.) Clio was... Read the Rest »
May 7, 2013
Happy Campers
We had such a nice weekend. We spent it at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, Connecticut — the camp Paul Newman founded as a place for kids with serious illnesses to get away from their troubles for a while and “raise a little hell.” Growing up in the next Connecticut town... Read the Rest »
April 30, 2013
Refreshed and Renewed
Today is a good day. A day when I’m feeling — yes — refreshed and renewed. It’s 65 degrees and sunny outside. I went for a run this morning. I’ve got lots to do, but not so much that I’m feeling stressed. I’m wearing a spring-y shirt. I’m drinking a tasty au lait. And today... Read the Rest »
April 23, 2013
About last week…
It’s hard to even know where to begin. And I apologize in advance for this long, rambly post — it’s one of those where I’m kind of just getting it all down, not editing or culling much along the way. But so it goes. So I’ll begin with last Sunday. Clio was still inpatient at... Read the Rest »
