Author: Amelia Mitchell

Dear Ones, I didn’t get to edit this before surgery and can’t say I’ve done an amazing job of it this morning and here goes. The concept of house as home is so deep in my cells, I have lived in amazing places, my mother and grandmothers before me have had wonderful homes and connections…

Dear Ones, I really welcome your comments and have heard that BlogSpot does not make it entirely intuitive to post a comment after a blog. Look down below and there will be a link that tells you how many comments there are on a post – it looks something like this: Posted by Amelia at…

Dear Ones, Have I mentioned lately how great a medical team I have? Yesterday we met with Debbie at Dr. Drogula’s office, she is the nurse who does the pre-surgical education and makes sure all our boxes are ticked off.  It was another delightful interaction, full of information and details that allow me to understand…

Blush, Coral, Light Red, Fuchsia, Rose, Roseate, Orchid, Flamingo,, Ashes of Roses, Rose Petal, Geranium, Peaches and Cream, Carnation, Strawberry, Blossom, Raspberry, Watermelon, Azalea, Peta, just saying.

This is one of those experiences that had made me feel as if I have stepped into an alternative universe.  Everything is so very similar, yet it feels so strikingly different.  And add to that, my continued deep understanding that this is an opportunity, a place of shift for me, I really am feeling the…

Dear Ones, Life has provided me and us with an abundance of lists and to-do’s lately.  I thought I would offer a retrospective of the last very short bit of time as a list of all the things I have gotten checked off. It started on Tuesday June 21st with✔ Get to doc, there is…

Dear Ones, I got a call from Dr. Drogula’s office this morning, the MRI came back all clear, no additional lesions in either breast, no concerns. So that is very good news and the wide excision/lumpectomy surgery will proceed as planned next Monday. As soon as I finished with that call it was time for…

Dear Ones, Ah, it is quiet. I’ve had plenty of time to read and research – I have been craving information over the past couple of weeks and now I have it. Perhaps more information than I need. It helps me feel good about my decisions so far and I am reminded of how much…

7/27/2018Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer, which has spread to bones, diagnosed early May 2018. I’ll add a lot more later. 7/9/2011Dear Ones, There is lots more to talk about and share in this process and I do want to write about it all.  And a lot of people want to first know what is going…

So, it seems like I might want to start at the beginning, and that Monday night is as good a start point as any… I could go back to deep decisions made in the fall of 2010, or experiences of the past three years.  Yes, Monday evening feels like a good place to start. To…