The Parade article hit today and the editors took one off-handed comment from a lengthy interview, pulled it out and made it look like I have total sexual dysfunction as a result of my sister's cancer! It was one moment....right after her mastectomies, where I felt guilty about having breasts, etc.... of course that was the BOLD headline!
Oh well...sex sells.
The TV interview went really well (or so I think). Me and my sister out on the deck at the lake house we rented with seven other women. It's a tradition Kelli started the year after her cancer diagnosis. This time Kelli got a chance to talk and I tried to zip it as much as possible. All the ladies were inside, craning their necks to listen through a screened window, which was a little distracting!
But...we did our job because we had the poor reporter crying within minutes. That will air tonight. Donna Harris from channel 13 was great. So was the cute youngin' she had filming the whole thing...his name was Sam.
I came back early because Seth has a fever and is throwing up. Todd didn't ask me to come home, but my baby is sick and they were up all night and I really just needed to feel Seth in my arms and rock him...which I did. He and Todd are conked out now. Riley is playing at my feet and it is good to be home, sexual dysfunction and all.
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I had a feeling there was more to your process of Kelli's cancer than just that, I'm kinda P.O.ed they didn't show you to be the deep, caring, compassionate person you are. You're right, though, sex sells, and it did grab my attention!
Way cool! I just pulled the Parade out of the recycle bin and read your story. (Can't believe I missed it this morning when I was reading the paper - I usually read everything I can about breast cancer.) It sounded like they chopped your original submission up a bit - did they? It still was so interesting and I can totally see how you might feel weird aobut your breasts. It seems like a very normal kind of "survivor's guilt" when someone close to you has lost that part of themselves. So glad your sister is doing well and can celebrate this victory with the women in her life that she loves! (Oh -and prayers for little Seth that this will be the quick 24-hour kind of buggie in his system. Take care!)
Aw, my baby was sick all night last night, too. It is so hard to see them like that! I hope your little one is feeling better soon.
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Ahh, the beauty of editing, eh? I'm glad you had a good weekend and I'm sorry your little one is sick. I'm sure he needed your snuggle as much as you did, though, and he knows all is right with the world when his parents are there with him. Here's hoping for a quick recovery!
Practice for that "allowing" thing in your next post, yes?
So glad to hear more about your adventure. And proud of you that you can process this calmly. That says much more about you than their piece.
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