Camp KickassAt night, sometimes the man would whisper into her hip, “be something.” They’d only recently learned that the hip bone was a secret garden where blood was manufactured. It had never mattered before. But now that she had leukemia and needed an immediate bone-marrow transplant, every other occult wisdom or knowledge seemed frivolous, which may […]
It’s a cliché, but there really are moments that imprint themselves on us. These can range from the obvious (getting married at the Nubble Lighthouse) to the beautiful (watching nephew Corbin slide out of his mom, my sister, followed by a rainbow placenta) to the indescribably important, like having stem cells from Germany blessed before […]
Tomorrow Jules gets several full-body bursts of radiation intended to make her bones a welcoming environment for our German friend and on Wednesday that friend comes to live with us.
Celebrated rock star Julie “Badass Panda Warrior Queen” Moser returns for a four-week show at the Starlight Lounge main stage at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hilton in July. Best known for her standout live performances that have often been compared to watching a star boogie dance (“Get Down!” as Moser says), the vibrant badass has so far […]
Hey all! As we near the final countdown (for real) to my admission for pre-treatment and my bone marrow transplant, we wanted to share some awesome news: after my 7th bone marrow biopsy last week, we were told today that I AM STILL IN REMISSION! The doctors still feel “very confident” that this will be […]
Hey there! It’s Julie / Bert sharing the latest Muppet News Flash update! My new date for admission is July 1 (it kept changing, but this date sounds like a winner). I look around as I’m packing and feel overwhelmed with love. I have a gratitude board with cards received and it’s overflowing. There are […]
(No Chuck Woolery, please.) Patience isn’t something you learn once; it’s a vigil we must re-learn over and over again. Leukemia in the time of COVID-19 continues to teach us the turtle’s way. Like: being OK with not knowing which lovely human(s) sent a magical turtle to our dwelling, filling it with bright cheer. Or: […]
This has been a year of cataclysms, not only for Team Moser (including their happy hobgoblin Alvin) but for the world. For many people, COVID-19 and its consequences – ranging from personal loss to social division – has made the world seem like a much less certain place. We build structures to tame the unexpected, […]
It’s a cliché, but time is a funny thing. Like health, it’s something you only really notice when it seems thin, worn out or scarce. We can honestly say that we’ve been swimming in a new ocean of time. The militant routine of chemo – with its every-two-hour vital signs, infusions, transfusions, and needle pricks […]
We’ve always considered the turtle to be one of our totem animals. When we think this way, we’re often romanticizing the Easy Rider myth or van life (living in shelter that’s mobile, man) or critiquing our own guarded natures (when in many ways we want to be tender and open to the world). We’ve never […]