by Maggie Van Duyn | Feb 3, 2017 | anger, Cancer, Fear
Vermont Gas Company came to inspect our furnace. The furnace looks great and is running well, but the gas guy noticed that we did not have a chimney liner. Like a normal home owner, I asked how much it would cost and he replied, “around $3,000.” Then I stopped acting...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Jan 1, 2017 | #maggiesbrightside, Breast Cancer, Positive thinking
2016-A year when a lot of people got pissed off and believed that the actual year was shitty and the unrelenting badness of it all wasn’t just life offering you a hot pile of actual shit. Here’s something you don’t hear me say very often: Life sucks! Bad things happen...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Dec 23, 2016 | #maggiesbrightside, Breast Cancer, Mindfulness
Well, it’s over. The 10 day Meditation for the Nation Challenge was completed on December 16th and I, for one, thought that it was fantastic. The timing seemed perfect, the participation was much appreciated and the meditation itself was everything I knew it would be...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Nov 23, 2016 | Breast Cancer, Community, Mindfulness
I don’t know about all of you, but since the election I feel like my breathing has been so shallow. Whether you are on the right or the left, I think we can all agree that this election has brought forth a lot of emotions: fear, anger, sadness, resentment, elation. It...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Nov 7, 2016 | #maggiesbrightside, Breast Cancer
Hey guys! Sorry for the delay- I’m not quite sure what happened to October. I’ve been carpe-ing the hell out of my diem so hard that I haven’t had time to update the blog! I celebrated my 37th birthday this week and I’m truly embracing the start of a new rotation...
