I couldn’t find the quote where it says that if you try to protect yourself from sadness you will protect yourself from happiness. This is the perfect quote for where I am today. I sit at the precipice of something amazing and something terrifying. Nicole & I are buying a house here in Providence, Rhode […]
This past September was my seventh anniversary of being diagnosed with cancer. I wrote a blog about it. It was the last one I wrote. I’ve spent the last week going through the medical motions of getting a new PCP, an Oncologist, and trying and maintain my health. I have been told the chances of […]
“All right,” said Deep Thought. “The Answer to the Great Question…” “Yes..!” “Of Life, the Universe and Everything…” said Deep Thought. “Yes…!” “Is…” said Deep Thought, and paused. “Yes…!” “Is…” “Yes…!!!…?” “Forty-two,” said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm. -Douglas Adams Today I turn 42. Which, if you didn’t know, is the answer to […]
Four years ago I was diagnosed with stage three cancer. This has turned into an anniversary like my birthday or my sobriety date, except no one really celebrates it with me. I don’t really know how I should feel about today other than my life is completely different now. I also quit smoking cigarettes that […]
I have cancer again. To quote one of my doctors, “It’s not like last time when you had a lot of cancer, this is just a little bit.” One of my lymph nodes got some cancer on it. It’s stage 2. If you didn’t know, I had stage 3 testicular cancer almost four years ago. […]
Meditation for December 27th, 2016 An Apology We are nearing the end of this meditation venture where I said I would write a meditation everyday for a year. Now that I am at the tail end of this, I now know I owe all of you an apology. The reason I started this Cracked Pot […]
Meditation for October 30th, 2016 Writing as Meditation This is the 289th meditation I have written since beginning this venture in February. I have only skipped two days and have written all but two. I had cancer two years ago. I was diagnosed in remission two weeks ago. While battling cancer, I had to undergo […]
Meditation for September 2nd, 2016 Cancer Anniversaries Tomorrow (the 4th) will be the two year anniversary since I walked into the hospital with chest pains and was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. I looked up some forums about people dealing with the milestones and most survivors were saying to take it easy because it’s hard. […]
Meditation for May 9th, 2016 I Don’t Write These For You . . . Too Much I started this on January 11th as an idea for being accountable to write something everyday. I like the idea of doing a meditation spoof to make fun of the Portland and AA communities that take that shit so […]