If you click on the link or go to MSK – Visible Ink – you can donate to the cause. The anthology costs $25.00 and it is all work by Cancer patients who work with famous writers to get their work to professional level. It is not only the body that must heal, it is the mind and soul, too.
My essay GOTCHA , where I talk to my grandson’s knee, is part of this anthology.
HELP FIGHT CANCER AND THE HAVOC IT WREAKS ON THE SOUL AND MIND AS WELL AS THE BODY. And enjoy the writing.
I was raised to believe that all of human intelligence can be found on the shelves of our libraries. I have been told that my book RAGING AGAINST AGING is a mix of wisdom and wit. Anyone of the over 100 readers, please consider donating a copy to YOUR library. And remember, I donate a portion of proceedings to Memorial Sloan Kettering for cancer research for the sake of my children and grandchildren.
I am selling more books on amazon and kindle. And at this point, I do not know the buyers. So, thank you all for your support because creative people NEED support. And remember that I am giving back to Memorial Sloan Kettering because we are part of their family. For now, I got two good reports yesterday. Have you seen AVENUE Q? If you have not, PLEASE do yourself a favor and youtube it! These are the lyrics:
{Why does everything have to be so hard?
Maybe you’ll never find your purpose
Lots of people don’t
But then I don’t even know why I’m alive
Well, who does, really?}
Everyone’s a little bit unsatisfied
Everyone goes ’round a little empty inside
Take a breath, look around
Swallow your pride for now
(For now)
Nothing lasts, life goes on
Full of surprises
You’ll be faced with problems
Of all shapes and sizes
You’re going to have to make
A few compromises for now
For now
But only for now
(For now)
Only for now
(For now)
Only for now
(For now)
Only for now
For now we’re healthy
For now we’re employed
For now we’re happy
If not overjoyed
And we’ll accept the things
We cannot avoid, for now, for now
For now, for now
But only for now
(For now)
Only for now
(For now)
Only for now
(For now)
Only for now
Only for now
(For now there’s life)
Only for now
(For now there’s love)
Only for now
(For now there’s work)
For now there’s happiness
But only for now
(For now discomfort)
But only for now
(But now there’s friendship)
Only for now
(For now)
Only for now
Only for now, sex
Is only for now, your hair
Is only for now, George Bush
Is only for now
Don’t stress, relax
Let life roll off your backs
Except for death and paying taxes
Everything in life is only for now
Each time you smile
(Only for now)
It’ll only last a while
(Only for now)
Life may be scary
(Only for now)
But it’s only temporary
Everything in life is only for now
(I can tell because I get the stats). THANK YOU FOR RECOMMENDING MY BOOK! THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS AND REVIEWS. AND PLEASE REMEMBER, I DONATE A PORTION TO MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING. LET’S DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FIND THE CURE!
THANK YOU TO MY BLOG MASTER FOR PUTTING ME ON WORDPRESS. I blogged a little blog. A few people read it. I blogged again – another little blog. People visited and viewed it. I found I had an outlet to my voice. I blogged again and again. All little blogs. Now I have a book. It is available for circulation in my local library. One of my clients ordered a book and donated it to her local library.
“My father would be so proud,” my mother would tell me. He revered books. My mother revered crafts. As you can see, I had no shot at being a big business person from the very beginning! But, I have already been on one podcast, one radio talk show, am scheduled to do a book talk, am scheduled to be on a local public access t v interview show, and will be on a podcast radio show -that operates out of Durham, NC. And my book just debuted Oct. 6th! “Not too shabby,” my friend would say.
If YOU WANT TO BUY A COPY FOR YOUR LIBRARY, THAT WOULD BE A FABULOUS CHANUKAH GIFT TO ME AND TO OTHERS WHO ARE AGING. AND 18% of the proceeds goes to Memorial Sloan Kettering – if not for our sakes, then for the sake of our children.
p.s. I AM FIVE FULL CHAPTERS INTO MY NEXT BOOK!
B.C. and A.D.
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER? WERE YOU DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER?
B.C. takes on new meaning when you hear the five letter c word that you never want to hear.
Before Cancer – means when you were worrying about nonsense.
A.D. means After Diagnosis
A.D. means you have to learn a whole new language. You have to make decisions that you are not equipped to make because you are not a doctor. You have to decide on a doctor, the kind of procedure, the hospital, the follow-up procedures. You might as well be in a foreign country picking from a smorgasbord whose language you do not understand.
It may be called freedom of choice but I call it you are on your own and good luck!!!!!!!!!!
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