Parenting and Professing in Cancer's Shadow

Posted on: Friday, 10 October 2008, 03:00 CDT By Manning, Linda D A quick look at my vinyl "Week-at-a-G lance" planner from September 2005 shows my classes and office hours written in purple; my pick-up times for my sons James (6) and Tristan (3) in aqua. My husband's classes, office hours, and child pick-up times are written in black. All of life's events are neatly scheduled and clearly delegated. September 15, 2005, shows my classes scratched out in green ink and replaced with preoperative reminders of "post 5:30 a.m. no food, post 9:30 a.m. no drink." Yellow post-it notes stuck to calendar pages verify hotel confirmation numbers and nurses' phone numbers at the National Cancer Institute in Washington, DC. Spare scraps of paper hold detailed instructions of how to get to the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters... [read full story]