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When Life Reboots You: Everyday Magic, Day 980
I realize that all of us get rebooted in our lives, and usually more than once, catalyzed by a medical diagnosis, a big loss and plunge...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 28, 20193 min read
Oh, For the Relief of Pain!: Everyday Magic, Day 977
All of this has me thinking a lot about the lengths I could go to to outrun pain, which are considerable. I can’t imagine slapping a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 26, 20193 min read
“God’s Got You, Baby”: Everyday Magic, Day 976
That’s what Cynthia said as she led me back to the surgery prep room when I told her I was scared. “And don’t you worry because God made...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 17, 20193 min read
Preparing to Be Unprepared and Other Quirks of Cancer: Everyday Magic, Day 975
As I get ready for surgery at high noon on Friday to implant a teeny-tiny gold bowl bearing radiation under my right eye, I realize how...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 11, 20193 min read
Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972
When I had breast cancer 17 years ago, I learned some things about resilience, the ability to bounce back. There’s nothing like being...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 1, 20194 min read
A Good Rain in a Time of Cancer: Everyday Magic, Day 814
I’m sitting in the middle of my screened-in-porch while thunders roars to my east, and wind swooshes from my west. The sound of the rain...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 1, 20142 min read
Spirit Trip: Woody
We’ve all taken those kinds of trips that aren’t anywhere in the vicinity of relaxing poolside under swaying palms, or long meetings in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 19, 20073 min read
Abiding Grace: A Tribute to Grace Paley
Note: Grace Paley, one of the most amazing writers and activists of our time, died in late August. I wrote this after experiencing her...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 4, 20076 min read
