Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Wisdom Companion #11 – A CIRCUMSCRIBED LIFE
Hello everyone, this is the latest news and wisdom from Sr Rita, who is on a journey with cancer. You will find the ten previous “Wisdom Companion” pieces from Sr. Rita by searching this site. I love this reflection and am grateful for what it teaches me. Just this morning I was doing tonglen meditation,…
Read MoreWisdom Companion #10 – The Great Asceticism: Life on Life’s Terms.
Hello everyone, this is the latest news and wisdom from Sr Rita, who is on a journey with cancer. You will find the nine previous “Wisdom Companion” pieces from Sr. Rita by searching this site. In this reflection, Sr. Rita talks about what it means to find oneself at a place in the journey where…
Read MoreAuthentic Consent – Wisdom Companion #9
Hello everyone, this is the latest news and wisdom from Sr Rita, who is on a journey with cancer. You will find the eight previous “Wisdom Companion” pieces from Sr. Rita by searching this site. I apologize for taking so long to update all of you. The CAT scan was late coming back but worth…
Read More“We Learn By Going Where We Have To Go” – Wisdom Companion #6
Hello everyone, this is the latest news and wisdom from Sr Rita. You will find the five previous “Wisdom Companion” pieces from Sr. Rita by searching this site. “We learn by going where we have to go.” — The Waking, Theodore Roethke First, thank you for the prayers, love, light, and healing energy you have…
Read MoreWisdom Companion #5 – The Bittersweet Bread of the Human Condition
Another entry from my aman-cara, Sister Rita, on the wisdom she discovers as she walks this path with cancer… Rita says… One full course of treatment is complete, and I am now one-third of the way through course two. Each course consists of two shots of Fulvestrant and 21 days of Ibrance. My experience is mostly…
Read MoreWisdom Companion #4 from Sr. Rita. Season of Surrender
Another entry from my aman-cara, Sister Rita on the wisdom brought to her as she walks this path with cancer… Welcome back and thank you for taking the time to read this. Yesterday I met with the oncologist, got my double shot of Fulvestrant and an additional shot of XGEVA – a supplement to strengthen my…
Read MoreWisdom Companion #3 The Comfort of Paradox
Another entry from my aman-cara, Sister Rita on the wisdom brought to her as she walks this path with cancer… (And please see my note at the end.) The Comfort of Paradox Journal Entry by Rita Woehlcke I am not a fan of the limitations of binary choices, nor of the way they are used by…
Read MoreWisdom Companion #2 Sr. Rita’s Journey
Many of you, friends and readers, have heard me talk about Sr. Rita, who has been my aman-cara, my heart friend, for many years, and who is the inspiration for the character of Sr. Eileen in my latest novel, EVEN SO. Sr. Rita had breast cancer some years ago and we have now learned it…
Read MoreWisdom Companion #1 – Cancer and Sr. Rita
Many of you, friends and readers, have heard me talk about Sr. Rita, who has been my aman-cara, my heart friend for these many years, and who is the inspiration for the character of Sr. Eileen in my latest novel, EVEN SO. Sr. Rita had breast cancer some years ago and we have now…
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