Author: rugby843

I am a widow since 2013 and live by myself in a small apartment. I use a wheelchair to get around, but I wouldn't consider myself disabled. I'm 11 years away from having bladder cancer resulting in a urostomy and I'm doing well. This cancer was a result of having radiation in 1995 because of uterine cancer. So have faith in yourself, a cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. My first try at blogging was an attempt to help other people with my condition. I am a mother of three married children, and a grandmother to eight gorgeous kids, featuring them often here, and a great grandmother to two as of today, 6/7/25! I enjoy exploring my feelings and like to try the challenges. I like humor, music, movies, games, and some sports. I absolutely appreciate your reading and commenting on my blog. I am happy to read all of your blogs and learn more about you. Please comment however you like, ask whatever, and I'll answer honestly. Thanks for reading! Cheryl

Simply Six Minutes

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Wouldn’t it be loverly

Wouldn’t it be gay

To lounge around in a great big chair?

Sure you say, any day, it would be my way…

The rubber ducky life…

Scooting and floating carefree

Always sunny, always warm

Not hearing the buzz of dangerous swarms

The cries of brown or black skins

Where is their chance to float or swim

On a sunny day, peaceful and prim

Never to feel that frightening so grim

Wouldn’t it be loverly?

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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 01/13/2026

WDYS 1-12-26

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Iced Danger

Frozen fingers and toes

Yet I pull the sled

The rope also frozen, but I lost my way

I know this road

Follow it and get myself home.

That’s what my mind tells me

It’s hard to concentrate

Perhaps my brain is frozen too

Clap my hands together

Stomp my feet

Too far ahead I see my two friends

I just need to keep moving.

Never again will I venture down an unknown hillside

It was so fast, I had so much fun, but now

I fear if I lose sight of my friends I won’t make it

I want my warm bed, my warm blankets

I will just sit here a while

It seems warmer than walking

I’ll wait for them to find me

Joey? Mikey?….

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What do you see # 323- 12 January, 2026

MLMM Wordle

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The cherished dark wood finally dusted, a beam of sunlight streamed showing the beautiful grain and workmanship of the piece. Sue felt on top of the world at this moment. Thoughts of the final insult her mother spat out before she left lingered, but Sue did as always after her mother’s confrontations came, clean! This chore was duplicated right after every visit her mother made. It was reminiscent of her childhood and after years of this, it seemed nothing was going to change. Sue fought it the only way she knew how.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #459

SYW 1-12-26

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Here are this week’s questions:

1. How would you describe your laughter? (giggly, deep, infectious? etc ). I’ve only been told they like it, so it must be funny.🥴

2. What makes you smile?Almost anything can make me smile. My first smile came this morning with a snap of my great grandson in the stroller hanging on with one hand. My grandson wrote, “you need to hold on tight when daddy drives the stroller”. Probably no one will get this but I just thought that was so endearing.

3. Have you ever cried with laughter, and if so, can you remember the circumstances? Yes. My daughter and granddaughter were on a road trip together and my granddaughter all of a sudden yelled out a word. It was so unexpected we all had a laughing fit over it.

4. Have you ever laughed at an inopportune moment? Embarrassing enough, yes, and no, I’m not going to tell😃

Gratitude: I guess for today I have to say that greeting from my grandson. I am very lucky to have such a loving family.

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Share Your World: 12th January 2026