Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

Illinois, Luvmaui and Ducky - Thanks for the compliments regarding DD

Everyone has lovely families. I love seeing the photos.

This is truly a wonderful thread. Okay, sometimes it might get a "little" off, but we get back to ourselves fairly quick. I personally feel that being somewhere where huge normality is encouraged helps get over the original trauma of a dx and treatment. No matter how long ago it was or how short ago it was --- settling back into the routine of being you and being able to express so much of yourself somewhere just has a healing effect. Being kind, considerate, up-lifting and using positive type energies make the world a better place --- and like it or not, a dx. made this a part of our world. It's a great place to start being all that we can that is good. Helping and caring about one another - then going out in the world and helping and caring about those people too.

Getting warm today but I think I'm ready. House still open for now with fans and selected windows open --- but I really don't think that will cut it today if we do go up into the 90's. A good day for a car-wash in the shade since getting damp here and there would feel good. Hope you all have a great Saturday.

luv....I have 2 sets of twins.......Identical twin grandaughters........and one of the twins had identical twins which are my G. grandaughers.

This is my twin great grandaughters at their 1st recital...they are identical, but the one is smaller....she is disabled and did not grow as fast...

Beautiful family little miss Ducky! They DO look exactly alike! I was WONdering hos she was doing! What kind of recital?

Ducky - such great looking twins. Brother of the 1st set is extremely handsome, too. You must be so proud of all your descendants! What a gene pool you have created!

My 2 older GS graduate from college this year. #1 graduates next Friday and #2 graduated today. #2's girlfriend also graduated. He's in ROTC and will be a 2nd lieutenant in the army. #1 is looking for a job here in town in the computer field. The girlfriend already has a job downtown. Pretty exciting for it all to happen at once! #2 reports for active duty on 6/20. Not much time left here.

Wren -- joy in your life with your loved ones. Ducky and others the same, including me. I'm pictureless ( had to add that to my personal dictionary as it is NOT a real word ) but find joy in my family and in people every day -- because it is there and I very much want to see it. Sounds almost hard to keep up with in certain cases. Then again, while I hate the fact of having had to have and go through a dx. and tx. --- I was as I've mentioned before --- complacent with life. Not recognizing very well the sorts of things that do bring joy, happiness and contentment. It is not the way I meant to be --- I just slipped into it somehow. Recognition daily and gratitude for what you have -- that is certainly the energies and love of family and rejoicing in their accomplishments, as well as just seeing all the gifts that life will offer, makes everything more worthwhile.

We don't always 'choose' the gift, but families are special and I'm happy to hear about the progress of your life with that of your family. It's beautiful.

Just a short ending note --- my a/c is working fine. 9 a.m. and it has been on already.

See you all later Have a fantastic Sunday.

To honor and respect means to think of the land and water and plants and animals who live here as having a right equal to our own to be here. We are not the supreme and all-knowing beings, living at the top of the pinnacle of evolution, but in fact we are members of the sacred hoop of life, along with the trees and rocks, the coyotes and the eagles and fish and toads, that each fulfills its purpose. They each perform their given task in the sacred hoop, and we have one, too. - Wolf Song

wow, I go away for a weekend to a place with no internet or cell phone connection (birding in the Badlands of SW ND) and come back and find 3 pages of posts. Loved seeing all the family photos

Wow, Joyce, that's hot for NH! The pool looks inviting.

Good looking family members in the pictures.

It's dark here this morning with rumbles of thunder. We're supposed to be going to the gym.

So far we've run the a/c only one night. It cools down to 50's at night. Such nice sleeping. 😔

WW meeting late this afternoon in Walker, a 30 mile drive. Afterwards we plan to have dinner at La Pasta in another little town on the way home.

Happy Tuesday

Wow Joyce, that pool does look great right now. I'd be in it for sure. It is going to get up to 96 here today. Not quite there yet, but here in so. Illinois, the heat builds all day to finally reach its zenith -- still outside at noon here is not at all fun. Only by not putting too much energy into what you are doing helps. We have blinds strategically set to keep the sun from getting a foothold. Thankfully due to all the trees it is only a couple of windows affected but important to keep the sun at bay. On really hot days we keep the setting at 77 degrees inside. It is about right for us

I think by tomorrow or Thus. we will have some rain --- but I don't think it will change the temps too much. I'm just hoping not to get instant humidity.

Lapasta sounds like a good place Carole -- because of course any kind of "pasta" gets my taste buds giggling with great anticipation. I'm on more of an eat a bit less of fat things ( so a bit less pasta ) and a few more veggies, as well as enough protein to curb as much hunger as possible. Although I'm not super fond of heat outside -- I do tend to eat less. I like to avoid the feeling of an overloaded tummy with intense heat and or humidity --- so in that way having it be a bit on the hot side tends to help me exercise arm muscles at the table.

The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.

David Foster Wallace

Jackie, Actually siblings don't have the same parents. With the first one the parents are all up tight and keeping track of every little thing. With the second, parents have figured out that it will all happen in good time and are much more relaxed. I don't remember how many mud pies I made, but it was a lot.