Auntie V's Life and Cookery

Today I took my rescue pup out on a hike, because I couldn't manage my emotions in any other way than ignoring them and giving a gift to someone other than myself. It did help, but the sun has fallen and my spirit is singing a sad song to me once again...

My bilateral mastectomy is just a little over a month away on September 4th. This is a curious time, I'm not too interested in talking about the "cancer" or the "surgery" right now; I'm certain this is yet another coping mechanism to...

Okay, so it's true that I haven't posted here in a while, well, since March. That's when my life changed and things won't ever quite be the same for me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in April. But, let me back up a bit. Three years ago, my mother...

My brother, Gary, and I ate a load of cornbread and beans as children. This was one of our Mother's favorite meals and she made it a lot. We didn't have much choice in the matter, so as my Mother would say, "if you are hungry, you will eat it...