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My father had a fall in September 2025. And by December he was in hospice. He passed away on January 9, 2026. His funeral and celebration of life was this past weekend. It’s been a few days since my father’s celebration of life, and if I’m being honest, I’m still pissed. Time has a way…
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Running My Way to Surgery (Because Apparently, You Can’t Just Nap Your Way There)
Listen, if there were a way to prepare for surgery that involved lying on the couch, binge-watching Netflix, and eating snacks, I’d be a gold-medal…
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January 74th: The Month That Refuses to End
Look, I don’t know what kind of cruel time-warp we’ve fallen into, but I’m pretty sure we’ve been trapped in January since 2021. Didn’t we…
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Is 2025 Over Yet?
I haven’t updated since November. I suck, but hey, life be life-ing and I personally made a promise to myself to be present in every…
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Pink October – Thank God It’s Over
Finding out I had cancer certainly was not on my 2024 bingo card. Of course, to be fair, that’s not exactly something that a normal…
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I’m Marissa – the author behind this blog. I write about my life – work, kids, cancer – all with a nugget of realism and a little twinge of hope. Enjoy!
Playfully True: Notes from a Not-So-Graceful Life 