Last Monday June 22 was twenty-six years since I heard my doctor say, "You have cancer." Nobody forgets that moment. After those words, you can't hear anything but the repeating thought, "I have cancer, I have cancer . . ." In the years that followed, each follow-up visit to the oncologist was accompanied by a … Continue reading Three Discoveries during Cancer Treatment: Remembering after 26 Years
Sedona AZ
Remembering Sedona: Journeys that Stay with Us
Recently my friend and her husband took a road trip out west. She shared lots of photos along the way and I especially enjoyed the ones of the red rock formations in Moab, Utah. I haven't been there but the rocks reminded me of Sedona, Arizona. I could appreciate the startling beauty that's so different … Continue reading Remembering Sedona: Journeys that Stay with Us
Solo Journeys: Wide Open Spaces
When I rode my bike last weekend at Ft Caswell, I was transported back to my second Solo Journey. That year I turned fifty and gave myself a trip--alone, for my birthday present. I'd remembered how freeing that first unexpected serendipitous trip to Sedona had been when I was forty-six: no carpooling teenage sons, no … Continue reading Solo Journeys: Wide Open Spaces
Sedona: A Serendipitous Journey
Taking yearly pilgrimages started after my serendipitous journey to Sedona. What made that such a pivotal point, was the juxtaposition of entrapment with freedom. During the preceding eight months of cancer treatment, I’d been closely monitored; by the clinical trials research company I worked for to see if I was able to do my job; … Continue reading Sedona: A Serendipitous Journey
Connie Rosser Riddle 