Heather’s Substack
Thoughts and opinions on what it means to be human and maybe some random recommendations from time to time.
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I Don’t Feel Brave, I Just Feel Lucky (opens the original)
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I Don’t Feel Brave, I Just Feel LuckyThe radiology/oncology department is in the basement of the hospital.People gather near the elevators on the first floor. When one of us hits the down arrow, we give a little nod to those who enter. There’s a strange sense of unity in knowing where we’re headed and why.Those of us who are there for radiation, and it is most of us, find ourselves on the basement level of the hospital every day at the same time for the duration of our treatment. For me, that me
Always, still, holy and completely human. (opens the original)
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I was on a ten-day trip to Spain with my family when I got the text message that my friend had died.I’d only known her for a little over a year, but at ninety-something (I never did learn her exact age), she was my oldest friend.And I think it’s safe to say she was also my fanciest.<div class
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