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Written by Drusilla on June 28th, 2014
So, last Sunday night, I’m sitting in urgent care for the second time in a week, waiting to see the doctor.
He walks in, holding some pictures, looks at me for one second too long for comfort and then sits down.
“I think you have cancer,” he said.
Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: cancer, Drusilla Campbell, mornings
Endgame
Written by Drusilla on May 29th, 2014
About six weeks ago I announced on FB that our Doberman, Diva, has cancer. The doctor’s prognosis was grim and led us to expect that she would go downhill quickly. Diva has surprised us. I hear her outside my window now, barking at the FedEx truck. If she has a form of fast spreading melanoma, she doesn’t know it. Her energy and personality are blessedly unchanged since the grim day of her diagnosis. Tomorrow that may change and for today we are grateful.
Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Death, Dogs, Pets, putting down
A Significant Anniversary
Written by Drusilla on May 13th, 2014
July last year our mother fell in the shower and broke her hip. Since then I haven’t “been myself” – whatever that loaded phrase means. Needless to say, Mother’s Day was fraught.
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Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Dementia, mother's day
A Familiar Twinkle in her Eye
Written by Drusilla on September 13th, 2013
As I wrote last time, my mother had a fall in the late spring and what with breaking her hip and arm, a heavy dose (too heavy? maybe) of heavy drugs, she woke up in a very muddled state of mind. In the rehab hospital she had good days and bad, lots of paranoia. Many days she was just our mom — stuck in bed, unable to walk and not very happy about any of it.
Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Dementia, Drusilla Campbell, memories
Challenging times
Written by Drusilla on July 13th, 2013
A few weeks ago my 96-year-old mother, Pat, slipped and fell in her cottage behind my sister’s house. She’d forgotten to wear her med alert necklace with the result that she wasn’t found until my sister got home, several hours later.
Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: aftercare, aging, assisted living, Drusilla Campbell, falls
Remembering Louise Van Meter Elementary
Written by Drusilla on March 18th, 2013
I’m becoming a cliché, one of those women of a certain age who go around marveling at how fast time moves and how they couldn’t believe when their kids played soccer that they wouldn’t be carpooling for the rest of their lives.
Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Childhood, Drusilla Campbell, Los Gatos, Louise Van Meter Elementary, School
A Visit from Mum
Written by Drusilla on February 11th, 2013
My mother is coming to spend the week. She lives across town in a cottage behind my sister’s house so the trip doesn’t require a passport, shots or much pre-planning. Mostly what has to happen before she gets here is head stuff. My head.
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Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Daughters, Dogs, Drusilla Campbell, Jealousy, Mothers
Sweet Thyme Baby
Written by Drusilla on September 17th, 2012
There are probably as many ways to write a novel as there are authors with pens, pencils and computers. And an author’s process may be as unique as his or her thumbprint. Certain elements are pretty constant however: A character with a problem trying to solve that problem and getting in deeper and hotter water along the way.
Filed under Books, Family & Friends, Sweet Thyme Baby | Tags: Drusilla Campbell, free book, serialized novel, Sweet Thyme Baby
Chloe
Written by Drusilla on June 19th, 2012
On Saturday June 9th, Chloe was put down by Dr. Kevin May.
I intend to include her story in my new book, THE NIGHT GARDENER. These notes are to help me do so.
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Filed under Family & Friends, Writing | Tags: Drusilla Campbell, horse, The Night Gardner
On Memorial Day…
Written by Drusilla on May 30th, 2012
At noon, I found myself sitting on the office floor with a box of old photos in front of me. Although I’d looked at the top layer of pictures when it came from my dad’s apartment many years ago, I’d never actually gone through it top to bottom.
Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Drusilla Campbell, Memorial Day, Photographs