Words Matter

DAY FIVE

DAY FIVE “How do your breasts feel? How do the drains feel?” I have been asked repeatedly from my friends. I have been thinking about this question...

DAY FOUR

DAY FOUR Success! I am back to backing ( no pun intended) DAY THREE AND DAY FOUR because they are starting to blend together and I need to get caug...

DAY THREE

DAY THREE My dear friend, Morgan took on the most important task of coordinating my beautiful inner circle of friends so their care would be non st...

DAY TWO

DAY TWO Anyone reading this must realize that these writings are reflections on the days, not that these writings were done on the actual days. If ...

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DAY ONE “We’re going to take the catheter out now, alayne,” or at least that is how I remember my morning wake up on DAY ONE. Glory life officially...

THE DAY OF

THE DAY OF As I drove to the hospital at 5:30 am for a 6:00 arrival time, I realized seeing the sunrise that the last time I was headed to Women an...

ZERO DAYS LEFT

ZERO DAYS LEFT Because of all of this writing I have been doing, I have been getting inundated with amazing texts, mail, calls and whatever other w...

(11 minutes till) ZERO DAYS LEFT

(11 minutes till) ZERO DAYS LEFT I am not a nut for writing this last entry, right? But I am wide awake and just ate my last delicious bite of ging...

ONE DAY LEFT

ONE DAY LEFT Deep breath. It’s finally here. The last day of life as I know it. Deep breath. But the key word here is LIFE. This is the point, so i...

TWO DAYS LEFT (now I will be caught up and things will be orderly again)

TWO DAYS LEFT (now I will be caught up and things will be orderly again) Today was my last day of my workout boot camp. Not for everyone else in th...

THREE DAYS LEFT (actually just realized that it is only two days left, so much for my orderly…

THREE DAYS LEFT (actually just realized that it is only two days left, so much for my orderly countdown) Is it crazy and totally wacky that I put t...

FOUR DAYS LEFT (part 2)

FOUR DAYS LEFT (part 2) This past Sunday was a beautiful day. I woke up thinking, ”This is the last Sunday I will ever have with these breasts.” My...