No blog post today - I only post this for you not to worry, if I am silent!

Meditation - this is something literally everyone recommended I should do after I got my diagnosis... but how?!?! I had some experience with guided meditations through my travels and yoga practices, but needed to find a way to bring regularity into this..... I quickly discovered Headspace (thanks Oli!) and when I could no longer run... Continue Reading →

#BraveBrightBeautiful - that's what I want to be, but in the mornings it's normally #OldTiredStiff.... not today though.... I am waken by some rays of sunshine on my face at 9:00am - peace, quietness and warmth fill the room and I can just turn around, linger in bed and have a first quiet coffee, while... Continue Reading →

My kids are going for a few days to my Mum's before we pick them up for our holidays.... I want to spoil them beforehand, give Markus a lay in, make yellow and green pancakes, play silly games and let them watch their first 20 minutes of Sesame Street - ever - and it brings... Continue Reading →

Teeth - I never had good ones and I was always scared of losing them, had horrible dentist visits and the simple thought of visiting a dentist would give me shivers - not even the little rubber animals I was rewarded with could help! Yes, I definitely ate too much candy, the creaking of my... Continue Reading →

"I am telling you for the last time" chemo nurse Fassbender gives me a lecture.., and I know that she means well! "You have to say good bye to your cancer - tell him that in November you are parting ways!" It makes me think, yes, definitely we are going separate ways, yes, I need... Continue Reading →

It is amazingly warm at almost 30 degrees at 11pm, when Simone and I cycle back from the Philharmonia concert "The 27 Club".... it feels like I am in a mediterannean country, as the warm air blows trough my hair and the Rhine river sparkles in the night... I am filled with happiness as I... Continue Reading →

Renewal of eyelashes happens serenely every few months.... generally it is a gradual process, but for me, my new lashes decide to renew themselves all at once! Now is there any need for that?!? I heard that after a while it goes back to a gradual renewal... fingers crossed that this won't be too long!... Continue Reading →

🎵🎶🎵 Monday - Music therapy day....oh what joy! I am glad we sing not only English and German, but also African and Maori songs, as my mind does not attach to the words - I actually have no clue what it means or quickly forget it and my mind takes off on little adventurous journeys.... Continue Reading →