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Wonder Woman

By: redtentwomen May 2, 2022April 18, 2022

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsChemotherapy, childhood illness, courage, juvenile arthritis, Mothering, Vanessa Sadler4 Comments

We sit at the table she and I. Our weekly ritual of alcohol pads needles liquid chemo deep breaths band aids and painted toenails. She is well-acquainted with bellyaches on the way to  another three-hour round of joint exams, therapies  and phlebotomists. Another school day away from friends.

To Agnes, the Patron Saint of Women’s Hair

By: redtentwomen July 9, 2019July 8, 2019

Day to Day, Femininitycancer, Chemotherapy, Female Friendships, Frienship, Poetry, Simona Chitescu Weik, Sisters3 Comments

When the Securitate would enter our house, my sister and I would hide in the bathroom, the one where the tile and commode and even the porcelain tub was pink, and tell each other stories. There was the story of the gypsies who kidnapped fair-headed children like ourselves, cut off a hand or foot, then…

An Unwanted Driver

By: redtentwomen April 5, 2017April 3, 2017

Day to Day, Intentional LivingAJ Keller, cancer, Chemotherapy, CS Lewis, Dying Well, Healing Prayer, Heaven, Mary Oliver8 Comments

“The bitter drink of death is still before you.” – C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce A late-stage cancer diagnosis has become an unwanted challenge inviting me and my friends to walk in a uniquely odd journey of hope through a minacious and evolving terrain.