This post is dedicated today to a wise, funny, and much beloved patient with whom I worked for a long time. She is the one who introduced this idea of fun within the cancer context, and I am endlessly grateful to have had the privilege of learning from and knowing her.
This morning I sat to write this post, and shortly thereafter, my seven year-old daughter woke up. She stopped by for a cuddle and within minutes was buzzing about the house, asking questions and talking to the pets and puttering about. As I sat, staring at my computer screen, I heard her ask me, “Will you play with me?” And I wish I could say that I easily put everything down and went to play with her. But I hemmed and hawed and thought about all the Continue Reading