Being me in the world
I told Michael this evening that I had never felt so tired in my whole life, even when I was having chemo. In fact, I was so damn tired this evening that it really did feel like the ‘chemo exhaustion’. The difference, of course, was that the chemo tiredness lasted for days and days. So…
It seems that a lot of my life is mixed up with school theatre – a logical thing, seeing as I am a Drama teacher, I suppose. When we were at school, all of us did house plays – both acting and directing. We never had a tradition of a rea ‘major production’ at the…
When I sit in a room with young people and watch their talent make something on paper come to life – especially something I have written – I am totally inspired and enamoured. There is SO much talent out there and it is wonderful to be able to offer a vehicle for at least some…
I seem to think of random things people say, like ‘Another day, another dollar’. This is true, of course (at least, for many, many people), but what a reductive saying. For me, every day is about so much more than what I may earn that day. Of course, earning has to be something we all…
There is something simultaneously very concerning, tiring, challenging and also so exciting about launching a project – especially when there is a time factor. I am about 10 days into this play, which is to be performed quite very soon. In fact, it seems as though it will not be ready on time. At the…
Today Mike, Sarah and Dani went to a birthday party at ‘Bounce’ , which must be one of the materializations of a kid’s dream: trampolines for days! They had the greatest fun bouncing around, playing dodge ball and falling into a huge air bag. I had great fun rushing about taking photographs. I find that…
A new month. Another step through the year. At what stage does one stop thinking that time just goes so quickly? 🙂 I found out today that sometimes things about yourself are different from what you perceive. Paul has got us all into doing the Parkrun, mostly every Saturday. In fact, it’s becoming a bit…
Another month over. Another month closer to Christmas. Another month closer to a year since the whole cancer thing began. In many ways, I cannot believe it is already so long ago that the lump was found and all the excitement of the journey began; in others, it feels as though it all began just…
It’s amazing what you can learn by answering questions, sometimes. As opposed to asking them. My students and I are working on a performance piece based around the blog. In preparation, I was asked why I didn’t go for a reconstruction. Turns out (as I found out by trying to formulate the answer), that there…
This morning I met with the PR person of PinkDrive. We had a good chat about a lot of things – all related to breast cancer in some way. During the chat, she pointed out that I would most probably be revisiting my story in a lot of ways as time goes by. I suppose…