tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45737863353707400292024-03-13T18:43:27.334-03:00Karen Kyte - Photographer / Cancer Survivor<p>What began as my photography journey has now become my cancer journey.
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I hope you'll follow along with me as I navigate the murky path of survival.<p>
Website: http://www.karenkyte.com / Email: karenk{at}eastlink.ca</p><p></p></p></p>Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-44645018252568990342013-08-15T08:35:00.001-03:002013-08-15T08:49:15.477-03:00When Your Groom is a Hockey Fanatic...Jason is a huuuuuuuge Chicago Blackhawks fan and we both cheered them on this year to their Stanley Cup win (even though they were playing MY team!). <br />
How excited were we the night they won! We even high-fived each other with those two surprise goals at the end of the last game.<br />
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My dilemma: how could I bring a little hockey to the wedding for my groom ?<br />
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With a Chicago Blackhawks garter, of course!<br />
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My friend, DeAnna, and I planned this months ago - long before the shortened hockey season even started. <br />
She's the talented one who was able to whip this up for us. <br />
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Jason and I had the discussion a few months ago about our non-traditional wedding. <br />
We're not having speeches or toasts, no master of ceremonies, no bouquet toss, no garter, right? Right. <br />
He was surprised and nervous when DeAnna told him I had a surprise for him on our wedding day (Oh, no, surprises, were we supposed to have surprises?). <br />
I grabbed his hand, pulled him onto the stage, and showed him some leg. He loved it!<br />
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xoxo<br />
<br />Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-83679439721929877842013-08-11T13:43:00.002-03:002013-08-11T13:44:21.040-03:00Beauty really does come from within<span class="userContent">I've never felt beautiful in my life. I was a
cute baby, but that was where I peaked. Sure, I had days where I felt
"cute" but they were few and far between. I hate to have my picture
taken because I see all my flaws, so I became the per<span class="text_exposed_show">son who takes the pictures.<br /> <br />
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horrendous hair day, but loving life, loving my boy, and just being in
the moment. I look at those pictures and I feel beautiful.<br /> <br /> And
then there was that day a few months ago, walking in to a room full of people who love
me, feeling nervous and on display, but I can see the happiness on my
face and I know I look beautiful.<br /> <br /> Proof that beauty comes from
within; when you feel good, you look good; and that love can work
wonders. It's not about the extra weight, the bad hair, the imperfect
smile; it's in the love, the joy, and the laughter. <br /> <br /> It's beautiful.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was a simple request: Can we go to the beach before it rains?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">He had mentioned it the night before. He wanted to go to the beach one more time before winter came and it'd be too cold. It's <a href="http://karesphotojourney.blogspot.ca/2011/06/life-is-beach-halifax-ns.html">our beach</a>, our special place that we found when I was <a href="http://karesphotojourney.blogspot.ca/2010/12/december-22-2010.html">sick</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sure, a drive would be nice, maybe we'll head down to <a href="http://karesphotojourney.blogspot.ca/2010/09/kiwi-cafe-chester-nova-scotia.html">Chester</a>, too, while we're out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Saturday morning he asks if we can go before the rain comes. It's gray and cold-looking out there, but a drive would be nice. We shower and dress. I decide that although beach clothes call for jeans and a t-shirt, I'll put on pants and a blouse. When he asks why, I tell him I want to look nice for my boy. I put a little eyeliner and lipstick on - unusual for me who rarely wears any makeup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Heading out of town on the 103, I ask where should we go? Shall we go to <a href="http://karesphotojourney.blogspot.ca/2009/04/blog-post.html">Peggy's Cove</a>, the beach, or Chester? He tells me he wants to go to the beach. Okay, but maybe we can go to Chester and then go to the beach on the way back?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hmmmm, okay, let's flip a coin, he decides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Me - "Let's start with the beach. Heads we don't go to the beach." I secretly would rather skip the beach and just go to Chester.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jason - "Heads. That disappoints me. Let's do it again."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Me - "Fine. Heads we don't go to the beach."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jason - "Heads. Let's do it one more time."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Me - *eyesrolling* "Fine. Heads we don't go to the beach."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jason - "Tails! We're going to the beach."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Really? Why are we even flipping a coin?" *insert lots of eyerolling and sighing here* "I don't want to go to the beach, but fine, you win, we'll do what you want to do." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fifteen minutes later we arrive at the beach. I'm instantly relaxed and happy. We grab the camera and realize how cold it is. I throw my sweater on and zip it up nice and tight. We practically have the beach to ourselves - it's too cold and windy for anyone else to want to be here - just my crazy fiance!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We've spent the last four months planning our wedding. Our engagement was sort of off the cuff - we had been talking about getting married, but hadn't set anything in stone. In May, I mentioned to my cousin that we were talking marriage. When she asked when we would have the ceremony, I didn't have an answer, but told her our special anniversaries that we celebrate. Out comes the calendar, there, June 28, 2013 - it's a Friday. Do it. I went home that night and told my boyfriend that the girls had picked our wedding date! We called our folks and told them we were engaged! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Life is good. We've been enjoying the planning but it's nice to take a day and head to the beach and just hang out without any plans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Walking the beach I realize how happy I am. I take some pictures of him. He's pensive, not as jovial as usual so I pass the camera to him and ask him to take some of me. I'm relaxed and happy hanging out with my boy. The waves are huge! Have I mentioned how much I love living so close to the ocean? The wind is whipping from behind me and I can feel my hair blowing all over the place. But I don't care, I couldn't be happier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">How much do you love me, he asks? I hold my hands up a couple of feet apart - maybe this much? No, I spread them out as far as they can go - thissssssssssss much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We pass the camera back and forth, taking pictures of each other. He asks me to come closer, "take a close up." I step closer. "Come closer." Ahhhh, I know what he wants - he wants to snuggle up with me on the beach. Hehehe I step in close and give him a hug. He tells me he loves me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But he pulls away. Wait, what? Before I can look into his eyes, he kneels down in front of me. ON ONE KNEE! What, what's going on? He tells me he loves and wants to marry me. I look down and see the ring. "Will you marry me?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I cried. I turned and stepped away. I shield my face with my hands. I step back to him. I'm not sure, but I think he asked me again. "Yes," I cried; "Yes!" I knelt down with him and hugged him. And cried some more. At some point he put the beautiful ring on my finger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was perfect. There was more hugging and crying and picture taking before we left the beach. When we visited the beach during my treatments, I called it "My Happy Place;" now I call it "My Really Happy Place." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Does this make our engagement technically official? No, we were already official - this just makes it wrapped in gold with some of the sweetest memories to hold dear for a lifetime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These are the goofiest pictures you will ever see of me - but more importantly you will see how happy I am (and that's before he got down on one knee!). Him, he's just nervous - I wonder if he was worried I'd say no ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was working in an office with a group of women. We sat and keyed all day; not very exciting. I was the Team Lead, which didn't mean a whole lot except that I passed out the work and had to make sure it was done by the end of the day. Occasionally I had to answer questions about our procedures. Easy peasy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One day in particular, the team was keying. We sat in two rows facing each other, a group of about ten of us working away. Someone had a question about procedures. Derek happened to be on the floor with us instead of in his office, so he answered. But his answer didn't flow with our procedures. I corrected his statement and we all went about our business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Later that day, Derek called me in to his office and asked that I close the door. This was unusual and I was perplexed. What's up?</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Out there in front of them, you should have my back. To them, you represent me, you can't disagree with me in front of them. You need to show me respect out there.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was so simple and yet made so much sense. But until he said it, I didn't get it. I didn't get the responsibility or the power of loyalty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To this day, I remember Derek's words. He reminded me to be loyal. It's one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me. The reminder to be loyal sticks with me every day. Loyalty to my family, to my friends, to my coworkers, and to my clients; respectfulness in all things; a reminder to not make anyone feel foolish. He didn't say all those things, but that's how it resonates with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That simple conversation with Derek was truly a life changer for me. For him, it was probably forgotten about as soon as I turned and left his office. It's proof that the simplest interaction with someone can affect them, can change their thinking, can make them a better person.</span></div>
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<br />Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-65809287464967982452012-08-27T21:48:00.000-03:002012-08-27T21:48:43.074-03:00Jonny's Cookhouse | Berwick, NS<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I pulled up to the stop sign. Left or right, I asked. We were out for an adventure, checking out rural Nova Scotia, heading in whatever direction popped into our heads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And with that we left the subdivision and headed out on the old Highway 1. I don't really know the area, but we passed my nephew's school, we passed some cows and horses, and fields of hay. We stopped here and there for pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I took a side street at one point and turned us around and headed for home. Wait. Or did I? Nope, it's okay, we ventured onward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We passed a roadside diner, Jonny's Cookhouse. It didn't look like much, but boy, was it packed! About 20 minutes later, the food conversation started. Should we stop? Maybe? Why don't we just get a snack? We passed a few spots but didn't stop. Why don't we try that other place, the diner? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By the time we got back to Jonny's, the parking lot had cleared out. Inside we grabbed a wooden booth and settled in. There are only about ten tables in the restaurant so we were thankful for our good timing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We checked out the menu. We wanted a snack, but by now we've worked up an appetite. Burgers, fries, clubs, salads, how do we decide? My eyes found the poutine. I love a good standard poutine (fries, cheese curds, and gravy), but Johnny's listed an assortment of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine">poutine</a> choices. The True Newfie Poutine caught my eye - fries, gravy, homemade bread dressing, mozzarella cheese, and more gravy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jason settled on a caesar salad and the <a href="http://www.nsapples.com/tourisav.htm">Apple Capital</a> Burger - local beef, Jonny's spice, grilled apple slice, red onion, and havarti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Of course, we shared. We expected Jason would get a small sized caesar salad and a huge burger, instead he got a giant salad and little burger. Hmmmm. Not to worry, that small burger came with a boatload of taste. I would never purposely put apple on a burger, but it was fantastic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And the poutine? Oh my, delicious. The homemade bread dressing was more like bread crumbs, and there was a bit too much for my liking, but over all it definitely got two thumbs up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We filled up on our "snack" and didn't have room for anything else. Til we turned to walk out the door and saw the ice cream list. We couldn't pass up the <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/index.aspx">Kejimkujik</a> Campfire S'mores ice cream so we got a large cone to split. It was huge and perhaps the best ice cream I've ever had. We'd go back to Jonny's just for the ice cream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you're roaming around the valley and looking for somewhere to stop, Jonny's is the place to do it. Directions: head to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapolis_Valley">valley</a> on Highway 101, take exit 15 and go left to Highway 1, turn right on Highway 1, Jonny's will be two minutes down the road on your right. Go hungry. Or sort of hungry. Either way, you'll leave satisfied.</span></div>
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<br />Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-5496363073214697852012-08-14T18:37:00.001-03:002012-08-14T18:37:38.830-03:00Hey! | Aylesford, Nova ScotiaWe've done a lot of driving over the last couple of months, most of it outside the city. Inevitably, Jason will give me a little, "hey." <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then there was my hair. It needed to go on the list. I was afraid my scary morning hair would drive you away. But it didn't. And you settled right in. I was a little nervous leaving you in my apartment that first morning when I went to work. Am I really doing this? Did I just make a huge mistake? Argggghhhh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But soon I'd come home from work to find dinner for two ready and on the table. And soon we'd start hanging out together, we'd shop for groceries together, we'd go for dinner together, we'd go for drives together. The feelings started and we became a couple. It was no longer you and me, it was us and we began to fall in love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How could I not fall in love with you? You are adorable and so kind. You made me feel special, you took care of me before I needed taking care of, and you made doing nothing fun. You were the part of my life that was missing and you made me feel whole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I got sick. Even before we knew it was cancer, you promised me it would be okay. You promised you'd take care of me. You promised we'd get through it together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there you were through thick and thin, through the scars and bandages, through tears and fear. There you were taking care of me, holding me tight, telling me it would be okay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was then that I knew you would be around forever. When I was at my lowest, you were there holding me up. When you could have turned and walked away, you held on tight. The good, the bad, and the ugly - you were sticking around for it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We weathered the past year, dealing with more sickness and struggles. We held on tight and got through it. Still, we manage each and every day to get through it. Side by side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now we plan a lifetime together. Next July, I will say yes to everything. Yes, in sickness and health. Yes, to love and honour. Yes, to good times and bad. Yes, to you, my love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For real, for ever, and for always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">...Kare</span></div>
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</a></span></div>Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-75342479978884769682012-08-01T23:22:00.001-03:002012-08-01T23:25:35.224-03:00Andrea and Jason, I Do | Halifax, NS, Wedding Photographer<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I've been waiting to blog Andrea and Jason's day until I could find the perfect words to describe such a perfect day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Nothing I can say can convey how wonderful this day was. Their ceremony was intimate, full of love, and was witnessed by those nearest and dearest to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was truly an honour to have a glimpse into their love story and to be able to witness their wedding day. I know, sounds cheesey, right? Totally true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What a day! The bride and groom planned an intimate wedding at Oak Island, with a view overlooking Mahone Bay. The weather for the weekend was sketchy - a chance of thundershowers on both Friday and Sunday, sunny for Saturday. When it didn't rain on Friday, I worried that the forecasters were simply a day off in their predictions and we'd have rain for Saturday. There was a backup plan if it rained, a room indoors for the ceremony and umbrellas were on hand for pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But we needn't have worried about the rain. We had beautiful blue skies and the occasional ocean breeze. It was a hot one indeed, the hottest of the summer so far, but it was beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The ceremony was set for 5pm, which left plenty of time for relaxing - the bride had a leisurely breakfast and followed that up with a mani-pedi; wedding guests hit the beach for the chance to cool off. All of my brides have been calm, cool, and collected - Andrea was no exception. I popped in to see her around noon - she was totally chillaxing while Tyson did her hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For the last week, we have been throwing the F word around like it's going out of style. We use it anywhere and everywhere, in person, over the phone, in email, and on facebook. We don't care who hears us or who sees it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our favourite F word. Don't mind us, we have a year to use it, we're going to throw it out there as often as possible. Does it ever get old? I like to think not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We sat on the sofa together, our hands intertwined. I had doubt - not mine, his. We had been talking about it for months, and now here we were, making decisions, planning, now it was becoming real.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Sure?" he cocked his head, much like a puppy, wondering what I meant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Are you sure you want to marry me?" I asked as my eyes filled with tears.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Baby, why do you doubt me? I love you."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"It's just..." I stammered, "it's just that I never imagined that I'd find someone who loves me so much, who cherishes me, who is so perfect for me. I just can't believe it." The tears flowed down my face as he placed his hand on my cheek, turning my face toward him. He looked deep into my eyes, "Oh Baby, I love you, I can't wait for you to be my wife."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now it's real. And I couldn't be happier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are a quirky bunch, all of us. Yes, I'm sure you have your quirks, too. The only difference is that I am about to share one of mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Belly buttons give me the willies. Yes, the willies. Or the heebie jeebies. However you like to phrase it, I don't like 'em. I blame my mom. When I was a child, she would tell me not to touch my belly button because it could come apart and I could bleed to death. Scary, huh? Yep, that's what she told me. And it stuck. What I didn't know til I was an adult was that she shared that little tidbit with my brother and sister, as well. Of course she would have, that's what mothers do - if you're going to scare the bejesus out of one child, you might as well do it to all of them. So we all have belly button heebie jeebies. Don't come near it, don't touch it, don't look at it. I'm not kidding!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I found out a few years ago that Mom wasn't the only one with belly button tales. My friend, Tracey, was also given interesting belly button information. Her dad told her if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off. At least he wasn't quite so menacing - no bleeding to death, just lost bums. Tracey still has her bum, so I'm assuming she took his words to heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To all the parents out there, please, I beg of you, keep your belly button tales to yourself. There are enough things in this world for your children to worry about, belly buttons shouldn't be among them.</span></div>
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Change can be unsettling, and lately there has been a lot of it. Changes at work, changes at home, changes all around. I was feeling unsettled, like I didn't know what was coming next, and I didn't like it. It took a few weeks, maybe longer, before I realized that I needed to break my mood, to figure things out. Time to make a list. What do I like about things right now and what don't I like.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There I sat. Writing, writing, writing. Luckily, my "like" list was much longer than my "dislike" list. My eye ran down the dislike list. I included everything, even the things you can't change and just have to learn to deal with. That's okay.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I stopped midway through the list. Negativity. It hit me -- I've let all the changes drag me down. I'm the one being negative, repeating the bad, vocalizing things that are bugging me. Me. Usually so optimistic, I've been in a slump, not realizing the effect I have been having on myself and those around me.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As is usually the case, I didn’t have anything special planned to mark my birthday last year. I never consider my birthday to be a big deal and even if it falls on a weekend I rarely go out for drinks to celebrate.<span> </span>When I think about it, I’m not the one who should be receiving cards and gifts on my birthday. My mother is the one who did all the work on April 5<sup>th </sup>1980, so she should probably get some presents and cards to mark the occasion. Do I deserve rewards for just managing to exist for another year? Probably not. But that is a discussion for another day.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I didn’t know it at the time but my 30<sup>th</sup> birthday would be my last. <span> </span>Actually, right up until the evening of April 5<sup>th</sup> last year I was still expecting some sort of simple celebration to mark my 31<sup>st</sup> birthday. Maybe just sharing some cake or going out for supper. Little did I know that April 5<sup>th</sup> would be so different last year and every year from then on. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">See, last year on this day my wonderful girlfriend, Karen, found out that she didn’t have to have chemotherapy to treat her breast cancer. I got home from work around 7pm that night; Karen had met with her oncologist that afternoon - the only appointment she had that I hadn't been able to attend. She called to tell me the wonderful news. <span> </span>She was dreading having to go through chemo and knowing she didn’t have to made us ecstatic. She told me that a group of us would be going out to celebrate the news and to celebrate my birthday. But that wasn’t what we were doing. We were going out to celebrate No Chemo Day. We were going out to celebrate how amazing she had been through all the appointments and the treatments, how well she handled the surgery and how, through it all, she managed to impress us with her courage and strength.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, from now on April 5<sup>th</sup> isn’t my birthday. It is No Chemo Day. Trust me, I’m in no way upset or even a tad bit disappointed that I no longer get a birthday - not only do I get to celebrate something much, much more important on this day from now on but from what I understand since I don’t have any more birthdays I will apparently stop aging. ;-)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are still looking for a birthday party today, I bet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell">Colin Powell</a> will have a nice one. Although he probably doesn’t need any more presents or money. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But if I were you I would take a minute to celebrate No Chemo Day today. And to thank Karen for making it all possible. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Happy No Chemo Day, Karen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ILYP2,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">J</span></div>Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-54779745754701006372012-03-30T20:53:00.000-03:002012-03-30T20:53:30.448-03:00You Are My Hero | Sydney, NS<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many years ago, I worked the cash at the pizza shop, <a href="http://kennyspizza.com/">Kenny's Pizza</a>, which was just down the road from home. There were certain perks to working there - pizza, of course. The cooks would throw together a pizza burger for me, or if we were all hungry, they'd whip us up a pizza. Sometimes I'd get to decide what kind we'd have (Pep and Cheese, please), sometimes I'd let them experiment and they'd throw on whatever they were in the mood for that night (hamburger, onions, salami, you name it).</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On one occasion, Robbie, the cook that night, suggested I try a Hero Sandwich instead of pizza. I scrunched up my nose and shook my head. "I'm sure they're delicious, but nuh-uh, no thank you." "Come on," he said, "try it, if you don't like it, I"ll make you a pizza." *sigh* <i>Fine</i>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What could a Hero Sandwich be, you're wondering... it is a bun with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donair#Canada">donair</a> sauce, pepperoni, ham, salami, <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/dashs-donair/">donair meat</a>, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese all nice and toasty from the oven.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kenny's Pizza has since expanded the business and opened shops all over <a href="http://cbisland.com/#">Cape Breton Island</a>. Each and every time I head home, it is the one place I make sure I go, sometimes for pizza, sometimes for a hero sandwich. And, yes, sometimes for both.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span>...Kare</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span>email: karenk{at}eastlink.ca</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span>website: <a href="http://www.karenkyte.com/">http://www.karenkyte.com</a> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/karenkytephotographer">Facebook </a></span></span></span></span></div>Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-12038454945374383712012-02-29T23:45:00.000-04:002012-02-29T23:45:35.485-04:00That Sounded Better in My Head | Halifax, NS, Breast Cancer Survivor<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today I saw oncologist number three. Well, technically, he was oncologist number one, but he happens to be the third (and final) oncologist who gets to give me the all clear. He was the first oncologist I saw after being diagnosed and he started me on my road to treatment. He was my surgeon, who took great care in making sure I had all the facts and that I made an informed decision on my treatment.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My surgery went well, my scar isn't disturbing, and Dr. P took enough tissue around the cancer to ensure it was gone! I've seen many other doctors since my surgery and they have all commented on the great job Dr. P did. Had he not done such a great job, I may have had to have another surgery, or my treatment could have taken a different path. He, in essence, created a great starting point, and each doctor, resident, or nurse I've seen since then has mentioned it.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today's appointment consisted of an exam and a little conversation about where I go from here treatment-wise. I like to be supportive and I like to tell people when they are doing a good job, so I thought I'd tell Dr. P what a great job he did. Confidently, I said, "For the past year everyone who has seen my scar says what a great job you did!"</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In case that wasn't enough, I said it again, "Everyone who sees it says how good it looks!"</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Did I mention the scar is on my <b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">breast</b>? Or that I didn't specify to him that it was doctors who were looking at it? Did I notice a glimmer of confusion? A hint of, "Oh dear, who has this woman been showing her breasts to?"</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Things <i>always</i> sounds better in my head; perhaps I should keep the pep talks to myself.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>...Kare</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>email: karenk{at}eastlink.ca</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>website: <a href="http://www.karenkyte.com/">http://www.karenkyte.com</a> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/karenkytephotographer">Facebook </a></span></span></span></div>Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-12096434611814849552012-02-21T23:45:00.000-04:002012-02-21T23:45:02.577-04:00Girlfriends: Jacqueline | Halifax, NS, Photographer<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two years ago, I saw a post on <a href="http://www.bobbiandmike.com/">Bobbi + Mike's blog</a> that I immediately wanted to steal. Bobbi was blogging the <a href="http://www.bobbiandmike.com/blog/index.php/category/the-women-in-my-life/">women in her life</a>. What a fantastic idea and a great way to share what I love to do with people I love. No kids, no pets, no husbands - just me and one of my best friends, we get together, grab a bite, chat up a storm, and take some fun shots.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And today? Today I celebrate again. This one will be a quiet celebration, no flowers, no dinner, just thanks. Thanks to the doctors and nurses, for it was a year ago today they took the cancer. Thanks to their skill, they got it all.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I won't be celebrating <i>all</i> my cancer victories. Each step along the way was a struggle and a victory: diagnosis, surgery, bandages come off, I stopped leaking, my scar is healing, no chemo, radiation starts, radiation ends, I feel good, life gets back to normal, my oncologists give me the all-clear! Each step was important. But I will forever remember December 22 (diagnosis) and February 3rd (cancer-free). My life was forever changed on those two days. And now I'm one year stronger...</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">...Kare</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">email: karenk{at}eastlink.ca</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">website: <a href="http://www.karenkyte.com/">http://www.karenkyte.com</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/karenkytephotographer">Facebook </a></span></div>Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-2784104881727995472012-01-10T20:49:00.000-04:002012-01-10T20:49:19.145-04:00Too Much Information | Halifax, NS, Photographer<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've been known to occasionally share too much information, usually by mistake. I blurt something out, I pause, I groan, I stammer, "Oh, I shouldn't have said that."</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But today I thought I'd share too much information on purpose, random bits of me that usually make no sense.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><ol style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">It's been noted (by guys) that girls always go to the washroom together. True, so we can talk about boys. But... I don't ever want to have a conversation with anyone in the next stall. Ever. It's just awkward.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">I never eat the last bite of my banana.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">I once had a dog named Too.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">I can moonwalk. For real.</span></li>
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I guarantee that once I hit publish, I will pause, I will groan, I will stammer, "Oh I shouldn't have said that." </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I sit here, more than a year after being diagnosed. Living the exact same life I had before diagnosis, wondering where my change is. I know that I've come through this incredible thing, that I've beat this cancer, but ohmyGod I need to be living my dream! It's in my head every day. And I know my cancer journey is not over... I need to be checked regularly, the breast cancer could come back, a new cancer could come, I could be hit by a bus; at any time, I could be facing my immortality once again. So where is my change?? Why am I living the same life I was living before cancer? I want excitement. I want to inspire people and share my story. I want to change someone else's life. I want to live the dream!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But then I realized... my life <i>has</i> changed.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before I found the lump, Jason and I were just starting to fall in love. When tragedy strikes, it brings people together. We would most certainly have created a bond regardless, but cancer cemented it in record time.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I feel more closely connected to my family and friends. My blog and facebook updates were cathartic for me during treatments. I needed to share my story with my peeps. And they read, they commented, they lifted me up. A year later and I'm still sharing, they're still commenting, and still lifting me up. I feel more connected to the people around me, me sharing with them and them sharing with me. Surrounding yourself with good people is important and I feel like I've hit the lottery with that one.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have I changed someone else's life? I doubt it, not yet. But I aim to do that, to keep plugging away at what I'm doing, to make someone else's cancer struggle just a little easier, to make someone else's life struggle just a little lighter. Not knowing if I've had an impact on anyone else just inspires me to keep at it, maybe it will be years down the road, or maybe, just maybe, it's small changes for lots of people. Who knows how any one of us impacts another?</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't feel like I'm "living the dream" just yet, but I know I am happy. Deliriously, joyously happy. That is my change. The dream, the excitement, they will come, but the happiness? That is the win. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>...Kare</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>email: karenk{at}eastlink.ca</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>website: <a href="http://www.karenkyte.com/">http://www.karenkyte.com</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/karenkytephotographer">Facebook </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Karehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906071087913587050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573786335370740029.post-25252842827203109062012-01-03T19:48:00.000-04:002012-01-03T19:48:06.944-04:00My Grandparents Were Mortified<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you know me, you know I love french fries. Fries with ketchup, with mayo, with vinegar, with fish, with a burger, with a good steak.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love McDonald's french fries, I love Burger King french fries only when they are covered in cheese curds and gravy, I won't order Jack Astor's fries, and I looooove <a href="http://karesphotojourney.blogspot.com/2011/05/things-i-love-sweet-potato-fries.html">Montana's sweet potato fries</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were living overseas, I would have been about four years old. Look how cute I am, I would never cause a problem...</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FcMB8AnwYZs/TwORlHAitXI/AAAAAAAABQc/KH7NSR4J8KI/s1600/Karen+Lori+Mike+Aug+1972+Gemany+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FcMB8AnwYZs/TwORlHAitXI/AAAAAAAABQc/KH7NSR4J8KI/s640/Karen+Lori+Mike+Aug+1972+Gemany+2.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mom's parents came over for a visit. I loved having them there. I heard years later that Nanny was enthralled to hear all the German children jabbering away outside our apartment only to discover that I was out there jabbering away in German with them. She had no idea I had picked up the language so quickly.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">While they were visiting, we took a trip to visit some clients of my grandfather's. Grampa was a laywer and this was a pretty big client - he was a doctor who owned a hospital. Owned it. We stayed with the doctor and his family, swimming in their indoor pool, and dining outdoors overlooking their mountain. It was all so fancy and I'm sure we were told to be on our best behavior.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The doctor took us all in to his hospital for a tour. The dining room was closed, but he insisted we stay for lunch. I remember a fancy room with linen tablecloths. This was a dining room, not a cafeteria, for sure. The orders are placed... til it's my turn. I want pommes frites (french fries). "But Karen, honey, they don't have pommes frites here, let's find something else."</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"No. I want pommes frites!" And with that, I flung myself across my seat and repeated it. "I want pommes frites! I want pommes frites!"</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The kind doctor discreetly waved over one of his runners and requested he drive into town and fetch the adorable child some pommes frites. I'm quite certain he would not have used the word adorable, though.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm also quite certain that in this moment my grandparents were mortified. I'm sure they'd be thrilled to know that was the only time I caused a scene at dinner...</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I instantly went to that day on the beach. We were spontaneous, which is so not like either of us. I was in the midst of radiation, and with the end of treatment in sight I was in good spirits. I changed out of my hospital gown and into my skirt. It was a gorgeous spring day that called for flip flops. We left the hospital, hopped into the car, and decided to just do it - let's hit the beach. Because we can. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We took off our shoes and walked hand in hand. There were very few people around and we felt like we had the beach all to ourselves. We talked about how lucky we were. Lucky to have found each other, lucky to be getting through treatment, lucky to have this day. We took our time and enjoyed each others company. We stopped and took pictures to help us remember, and I'm so glad we did.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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