Category Archives: healing

Miracles Do Happen–If We Listen

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Boz

Saturday, March 4, in Columbia, South Carolina, I witnessed what I can describe only as a miracle, the University of South Carolina’s performance of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS. By Monday, when I could not stop pondering–seeing, hearing, singing–those 110 minutes of capital-T … Continue reading →

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Days +1 to +1,097–and Counting

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Boz

(continued from yesterday’s “Happy (Third) Birthday, Pavel”) Although the months and years of uncertainty regarding insurance coverage and treatment and prognosis took a big toll on our lives, the days and weeks immediately post-transplant were some of the most difficult of … Continue reading →

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Happy (Third) Birthday, Pavel!

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Boz

Today, we celebrate the third anniversary of my husband’s stem-cell transplant–also known as his new birthday, January 20, 2015. Clearly, this day was a significant milestone in Pavel’s life and in our relationship. I believe, however, that telling the story … Continue reading →

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Voice: Advent Word 11

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Boz

For about six years, I produced a monthly newsletter entitled “The Voice” for the tiny congregation at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church. I included a message from the vicar, parish news with photos, a calendar of birthdays and anniversaries, happenings around … Continue reading →

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Heal: Advent Word 5

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Boz

“Write what you know,” I have often told my English composition students. What I know about healing began when my husband was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the summer of 2010 and continued through two rounds of increasingly toxic chemotherapy … Continue reading →

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