While in San Francisco (for a doctor’s appointment), the HOTY and I went to the de Young museum to see Balenciaga and Spain, an exhibition examining the impact of Spanish culture on the legendary designer. The exhibit is delicious eye and mind candy, which happens to be a great antidote for chemotherapy-induced nausea. Really.
Inspired Living & Celebrating Life
Life is an Adventure
Life is an Adventure. Take your Attitude!
Brookside Adventures: Santa Ynez
An adventure to the Santa Ynez valley was a Silver Lining addition to my week of breast cancer misery. Words cannot aptly describe the transition from the chemo pit of despair to a place of pure joy filled from animals, fresh air, sunshine, and friends.
Saturday Snapshots
I’ve realized that although I have a ridiculous (adverse) sensitivity to chemo, I also have a new and wonderfully heightened sensitivity to sights, smells and sounds (the sense of taste is long gone, a casualty of chemo).
I notice things. I pay attention. I walk slower. I take photographs. These are the Silver Linings of my experience with breast cancer.
Fashion SL's: Red All Over
As you may remember, I go chemo to in an outfit that makes me feel good, happy and confident. I have always put forth an effort to look my best, no matter how I feel, and chemo infusions are no exception. So, the outfits that I wear to chemo are chosen with care and have special… Continue reading Fashion SL's: Red All Over
Scarf Talk
We all have chapters in our life. Some are hard to read. Others easy. Some chapters are joyous. Others sad. The important thing to learn, grow and keep on reading!
Brookside Beauty: Circ-Cell
Breast cancer and chemotherapy wreak havoc on a person’s skin and I am (of course) no exception. However, I have found a skin care Silver Lining in Melanie Simon, a licensed esthetician and owner of A Beautiful You in Santa Barbara. Her goal is to provide effective, multi-purpose, cutting-edge skincare products that are free of harmful elements.
Sunday Silver Linings
Every time I feel like I hit the pit of chemo and breast cancer despair, I find a Silver Lining. Every single time it is a SL that brings me back and makes me smile. Gives me perspective.
Saturday Snapshots
This has been a week of ups and downs (as is consistently the case with breast cancer).
However, when I look back on the week (in photographs), I ultimately feel happy and peaceful because Silver Linings always seem to shine through.
Silver Lining Book: The Tender Bar
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer is a wonderful book that has added a generous Silver Lining to my library and taken my mind off the nausea of FBC.