Finding Calm in the Center of the Storm
Today is a Good Day Today is a good day. This is something I'm coming to terms with in my life. I'm going to have good days and not-so-good days. A couple of days after I wrote my last blog post, I learned I have a rare cancer, Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS), on January 21, 2021. I'm thankful that my sister, Rachel, was here when I got the news. She had been with me throughout the day because she took me to get an MRI and visit the ophthalmologist. She held me afterward as I cried in her arms. We went for a walk with my granddaughter (I needed to move), and we got Carolina's (a local Mexican Restaurant) for dinner. My sense of smell is almost nonexistent, but I still have a little of my taste left. I ordered a shredded beef taco and a tostada. We got some tortilla chips and salsa (Carolina's salsa is so good!). It's taken me some time to write this blog post. My dissertation journey blog was supposed to be about my dissertation, but Anzaldúa teaches us to us