Blog of Random Thoughts
Growing up I had to build a lot of resiliency. This started at a young age growing up on the mean streets of South Vietnam. I have told this story before, but as a child I loved eating spicy food. A treat that I use to eat was pineapple with a spicy salt. As a…
The post today is going to be quite different. As I have multiple appointments through our the day I will write my thoughts through the day and post later tonight. I came here early and the registration is filled. Normally it is a relatively quick process and things flow smoothly. This morning I sat next…
Yesterday someone had mentioned that I do not speak about Olivier as much. At the end of the summer, to treat the kids for their behaviour we went to hardwood hills so Xavier could bike with Mel as I was in no shape to bike for hours. So it was Olivier and me and we…
Last night Mel and I were talking about support and chatting about informing more people. I am not sure how it started, but we discussed the ring theory of support. Mel has to take on a lot and I told her that she could talk to me. She said no. That I was in the…
I tend to write these messages at the end of the day and then delay the post till the next morning. On Monday night Xavier had an exhibition game out in Capreol. Mel did not want to come so she made me venture there by myself. When Xavier is playing well he is a pleasure…
I am actually writing this on the evening of September 9th, but will post it in the morning. I am writing out my thoughts as I go through this as self reflection of my journal and my thoughts. When I read back the first time I saw the shifts throughout and I am curious to…
September 9th, 1:58pm. I have back to back meetings all afternoon and Mel is working from home doing some online training. There is a conference the first week of October that I was in the process of booking and just about to finalize payment for flights and the conference.I received a phone call that I…
Cancer patients are told that they need to advocate for themselves. If you do not then you may potentially get lost in the system. Previously there were system navigators to help patients navigate the system. When you are going through this, it is not always clear what you are suppose to do at each step,…
When I first found out about the cancer and was told that I could expect to be off of work for 6 to 9 months it seemed like such a long time. One of my friends told me that the time would fly by and before you knew it, the time would pass. It did…
Our support system is incredible. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law were going to come help put up the Christmas lights at our house today, and Mel’s uncle walked over to assist as well. Some things came up and Mel’s sister had one of the boys not feeling well so her uncle and her put them all…