Category: Health
Another Podcast on Marv Taking Charge
Please listen here. Spread the word about my book. Refusing chemo is an option. This podcast was sponsored by the Chicago Writers Association in concert with my book being given the Book of the Year Award for Indie Nonfiction. I am beyond grateful and will write more about that event later. (Enjoy the podcast with …
Growing Older – On Turning 82
Thinking about turning 82 is both positive and negative. The positive part, of course, is that I’m still alive. I’ve outlived several classmates who’d be the same age. I’m still able to walk and talk and see and hear and smell and taste and feel. I do not take these capabilities for granted. But I …
“Marv Taking Charge” becomes a winner!
This post needs few words. Read the graphics. Winning was a delightful surprise. A great excuse to go back to my former hometown. Marv's "thumbprint" marked his decisions: refuse chemo, choose quality of life over quantity, and die at home. February 11, 2018. A few days after diagnosis. Desert Palms Presbyterian Church, Sun City West, …
Bookcase Quilt: Tangible Memories of My Late Husband
My late husband, Marv Roelofs, became famous over our 55+ years of marriage for making bookshelves for me. His first wall-to-wall lives on in our first home, a now run-down townhouse in IL that my son found recently on a realtor site. Marv's last wall-to-wall, of course, lives on in his last home, my current …
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A Fitting Award
“Marv Taking Charge” is a finalist for Book of the Year in the Chicago Writers Association’s Indie Nonfiction category. A Fitting Award Thank you, Marianna!
Kirkus review / Marv Taking Charge
I'm still a bit laid up with fractures I sustained from a fall on 9/7, and I can't type easily with an arm cast on and two opposite fingers buddy-taped. But, as you can see in this photo, I'm ambulatory. And grateful for my daughter's full-service grocery-shopping assistance. And full-service help with every aspect of …
more on dying with a terminal cancer
It's been a busy few months since Marv Taking Charge came out. I continue to learn from my readers and want to share a few of their responses so you can learn too. In person: A woman caught me after a book talk and said she wished her family would have had access to my …
Are you ready…
To let God make a new life in you? This question was a recent challenge from my pastor at the end of a sermon. He always finishes his sermons with a challenge. So I always leave church with my head buzzing. Which is probably his intent. But the wording of this challenge has hit hard. …
Happy Fourth! Reminder: Podcast and Reviews
Getting ready to take a little break from book work. So here goes what I have to say first-- If you haven't listened to my podcast yet at Sharing the Heart of the Matter and would like to, here's the link. It's about a half hour long. Time to get the dishes done or the …
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