This is really remarkable writing, the kind that normally comes from years of experience. I’m really glad it’s getting an audience. You describe the whole process so vividly, and I speak of someone who had the same experience a few years ago. Like you I now occupy that strange space between « cancer survivor ‘ and « in remission ‘. I wish you well.
Thank you Miranda, I hope you stay healthy too. It’s a strange place to be, isn’t it. The ‘me’ who wrote that feels like another person in some ways. I think that’s healthy but I know there are also triggers I won’t be able to predict that will yank me back there.
Thank you so much Sue. I remember how cathartic it felt writing it and the response of my writing group when I read it out. It was my first time at the group and the first time I’d ever shared my writing. I guess that was the nudge to keep going.
Harriet, I just stumbled across this. I know it was posted a while ago, and relays a story from even earlier. But what a powerful, poignant and skilfully written piece. What a powerful, poignant and vulnerable chapter in your life. What a powerful, poignant and vital reminder of the importance of life-writing. I hope you are keeping well these days.
This is really remarkable writing, the kind that normally comes from years of experience. I’m really glad it’s getting an audience. You describe the whole process so vividly, and I speak of someone who had the same experience a few years ago. Like you I now occupy that strange space between « cancer survivor ‘ and « in remission ‘. I wish you well.
Thank you Miranda, I hope you stay healthy too. It’s a strange place to be, isn’t it. The ‘me’ who wrote that feels like another person in some ways. I think that’s healthy but I know there are also triggers I won’t be able to predict that will yank me back there.
Wonderful writing, Harriet.
Thank you so much Sue. I remember how cathartic it felt writing it and the response of my writing group when I read it out. It was my first time at the group and the first time I’d ever shared my writing. I guess that was the nudge to keep going.
Harriet, I just stumbled across this. I know it was posted a while ago, and relays a story from even earlier. But what a powerful, poignant and skilfully written piece. What a powerful, poignant and vulnerable chapter in your life. What a powerful, poignant and vital reminder of the importance of life-writing. I hope you are keeping well these days.