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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Apr 30
- 4 min
Five Years Later: A Cancer Story: Everyday Magic, Day 1098
"It's either an ocular melanoma or a brain tumor," the doctor told me five years ago. Ken, my brother Ravi, and I all gasped in unison....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Mar 1
- 4 min
"Life Will Break You": Everyday Magic, Day 1094
Within weeks of my terrifying eye cancer diagnosis in 2019, my friend Harriet brought me this hand-set-type print of my favorite quote...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Dec 4, 2023
- 4 min
How I Got This Way: Everyday Magic, Day 1088
Today is my Beatles birthday ("Will you still feed me? Will you still need me when I'm 64?"), and it turns out I have a birthday poem of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Jul 15, 2023
- 3 min
A Sudden Storm, a Sudden Death: Everyday Magic, Day 1085
Just before Kris told me at lunch she couldn’t wait for a good thunderstorm, Denise texted Judy and me, “On the way to the hospital. Not...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Jan 8, 2023
- 2 min
Juxtapositions Make Life Interesting: Everyday Magic, Day 1074
Juxtapositions — putting like with non-like — add zip, surprise, sometimes anxiety, and often uncertainty to our lives. They’re also at...