Loose Strife

We’ve had a full house lately and I haven’t taken the time to post any news. Happy Birthday to my sister, Karen! Happy anniversary to my parents! And Happy Thanksgiving everyone! All of Laura’s brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and her parents all came to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving this year. We had 18 at the table […]

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Small town police logs are always a source of a good laugh. And the New England dry humor makes this terse report into the first section I read. Ashfield’s log will predictably have a least one memorable report (my mother-in-laws favorite was something along the lines of “Woman reported motionless lying on lawn. Officer sent. […]

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Sorry I haven’t posted any news on Laura for over a week, but I didn’t really have any news, and didn’t want to merely post that Laura was still extremely fatigued, vomiting daily, and feeling down. But I have good news today that the chemotherapy is working — that the cancer is receding. Laura had […]

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Time marches on. I’ve started November’s photo album.

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this past week has been the pits for Laura. Laura’s 2nd chemo round seemed to start out well, but it’s been down hill since Monday. The nausea and vomiting are back with a vengeance. Every morning and now often throughout the day. We’ve tried two […]

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We had planned to go back to our old haunts in Northampton for trick-or-treating. Our old Northampton neighbor is famous for Halloween. Kids are trucked in from neighboring towns to go door to door and everyone loves it. But Laura was sick and worried about leaving the house. So we changed plans. I took the […]

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