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Increment

Lana wrote 1 month ago: “Contemporary middle-class women seem prone to feelings of inadequacy. We worry that we do not … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, increment, inadequacy, home depot, Home Renovations, Pinterest, Downton Abbey, soul changes, Childbirth

Living Light6 comments

Lana wrote 2 months ago: Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. – Leo Buscaglia He w … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, Cancer Diaries, death, expectation, Faith, Gentle, Grace, Job, suffering

Restraint

Lana wrote 3 months ago: On Janus, there is no reason to speak. Tom can go for months and not hear his own voice. He knows so … more →

Tags: the power of community, Advocacy, Homeschooling, restraint, Silence, The Light Between Oceans

Great2 comments

Lana wrote 5 months ago: There’s a light in the darkness, though the night is black as my skin; there’s a light b … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, Cancer, Celebration, Good News!, Grief, Hairspray, Loss, Oncology, philadelphia chromosome

Brave3 comments

Lana wrote 6 months ago: Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whol … more →

Tags: the power of community, The Power of Pain, brave, Community, .:*Conflict*:., Failure, Fear, Joy

The Rightness of Being Wrong6 comments

Lana wrote 6 months ago: Last weekend a friend told me about some people she knew who took two years off their North American … more →

Tags: the power of community, Tolerance, shut up and listen, Right, Wrong, us election, agree, Disagree, Critical Thinking

Over, Overcome12 comments

Lana wrote 6 months ago: Art begins with resistance – at the point where the resistance is overcome. No human masterpie … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, Motherhood, over, overcome, gratitude, Crisis, confession, tim hortons, Car

One15 comments

Lana wrote 7 months ago: I am tired. No. Tired is inadequate; exhausted is overused. Perhaps spent is more appropriate. Those … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, Baby, parenthood, mothering, New Parents, Marketing, newborn, first time parents

The Haves and the Have-Nots

Lana wrote 8 months ago: The love of money is the root of all evil; the lack of money is the root of all evil. – Robert … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, Money, Eleanor Roosevelt, Michael Lewis, moneyball, World Series, Toronto Blue Jays, the haves and the have-nots, Vancouver Canadians

Superwoman and the Impossible Dream14 comments

Lana wrote 9 months ago: I sit in the middle of a half-painted room. Green painter’s tape encases the semi-white trim o … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, Cancer Diaries, Living The Dream, Superwoman, Dream the Impossible Dream, The Possible Dream, paint, embrace the journey, embrace limits

Great Escapes2 comments

Lana wrote 9 months ago: Every sunny day of the last four weeks, I stop the housework at 11 am, grab my sunscreen and sunglas … more →

Tags: The Power of STory, Good Reads, writing, Emily Giffin, WHERE WE BELONG, Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall, delirium, Great Escapes

I'm Fine, Because I'm Not3 comments

Lana wrote 10 months ago: ‘I’m fine’: 1) the more polite way to say, ‘no, get lost.’  2)The gene … more →

Tags: the power of community, Community, Relationships, writing, Fiction, Truth, lies, Non-Fiction, I'm fine!

Sun-Induced Panic9 comments

Lana wrote 10 months ago: I meant to blog before today, but, as you may have heard, we’ve got sun. Finally. Summer … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, rain, Vancouver, Sun, British Columbia, london 2012, Robson Street, seawall, Cycling

Keep Calm and Carry On11 comments

Lana wrote 11 months ago: Have you ever really, realllllly wanted – even needed - something to happen… and it didn … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, Community, Relationships, keep calm and carry on, Adam and Eve, Tree, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Mature Immaturity11 comments

Lana wrote 12 months ago: Once upon another time, before I knew which life was mine, before I left the child behind me; I saw … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, HOPE, writing, optimism, Maturity, Once Upon Another Time, Help Me Believe, Childlike, Childish

Photographic Memory1 comment

Lana wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday should have been a very, very sad day in our house. Except… it wasn’t. Our bel … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, the power of community, Hockey, Memories, the Power of Community, Good Things, Vancouver Canucks, Photographic memory, Disneyland

Be Not Yourself2 comments

Lana wrote 1 year ago: He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. – Lao Tzu You all know I … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, HOPE, glee, Fear, Bullying, cyber-bullying, Tolerance, Good Things, Be Yourself

No Guarantees4 comments

Lana wrote 1 year ago: I’m just trying not to hang on too tight. A friend of ours said these words as we celebrated w … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, no guarantees, Good News!, Stress, atrial fibrillation

Strength for Today13 comments

Lana wrote 1 year ago: Believe it or not, this is not the craziest stretch of life I’ve walked through. Don’t g … more →

Tags: The Power of Pain, HOPE, the hunger games, Strength, echocardiogram, Stress test, anxiety, Worry


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