Jenesis: living beyond ovarian cancer

Jennifer Hollington

My story of living beyond ovarian cancer.

Calendar

AUGUST 2020
AUGUST 2020
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1

2	3	4	5	6	7	8
				First day of health leave	Gratitude	Life goes on
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Being vulnerable	A beautiful struggle	Exercise	Perpetually upbeat	What cancer cannot do	First oncologist visit	Smile
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
The value of a simple thank you	Write It Down, Make It Happen	Reaching out	Pre-op and blessings	Sleep	Meditation and voluntary simplicity	Greg
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Timely acts of kindness	Music	Vulnerability	The little things	Preparations	Surgery - short note	Surgery - longer note
30	31
Little victories	Little victories revisited

SEPTEMBER 2020
SEPTEMBER 2020
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5
		Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month	Caring for the caregivers	Pill nausea and a funny little pillow	Mission	Mental energy
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Physical energy	Sowing the seeds of love	Kindness and compliments	Laughter	Rest	Milestones	Invincible love
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Spoon theory	Love is letting go of fear	Writing to share our honest reflections	Week-over-week progress	Random acts of kindness	More on sleep	Loving more deeply
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Family	The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse	Listen to the elderly and other life lessons	Baking	Post-op oncology visit	The nap won	Health-related apps
27	28	29	30
Friendship	Terry Fox	COVID test and positive thinking	White space

OCTOBER 2020
OCTOBER 2020
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
				First chemotherapy session	Pyjama day	Worse than the first
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
The sun always peeks through	Patience	Acceptance	A tribute to my husband	MyTherapy app: an excellent tool	Profoundly beautiful	My lumpy, bumpy belly
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Awesome things	Staying hydrated	Permission to feel all emotions	Terry Fox and Me	Stoicism	The Sleep Solution	Messy and magical
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Sweet and bitter	Time	Hair loss	Laughter and inspiration in abundance	Chemo treatment #2	Pyjama Day 1 (Round 2)	Optimism
25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening	Buzz cut	Genetic testing	Gifts, tips and inspiration	The role of genes in cancer	The dignity of speaking the truth	Halloween isn't just for treats

NOVEMBER 2020
NOVEMBER 2020
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Staying connected	Surround yourself with positive people	Cancer's impact on the family	Be here now, be somewhere else later	Love in a cup	Fatigue and exercise	What I like doing best
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Today	Scheduling white space	Going public	Remembrance Day	The link between thoughts and feelings	Chemo #3 and 100th post	Every life you touch
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Eating and cancer	COVID silver lining	Thinking ahead to the holidays	Patterns of recovery and online shopping	Enjoy the ride	What will you do?	My to-don't list
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Making joy	Appreciation	Routines	Empathy	Happiness	Staying strong	From the inside out
29	30
The value of a smile	MRI: Most Respectful Interpretation

DECEMBER 2020
DECEMBER 2020
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5
		Self-love	Just part of the process	Chemo #4 and good news	International Cookie Day	The sweetest and most important sound
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Pyjama birthday	Who sits at the head of your table?	From the to-do list to the to-day list	Secrets of resilient people	In support of youth	Making the most of the holidays	What's your favourite kind of cheese?
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Spread a little sunshine	How will you celebrate the winter holidays this year?	Cancer and positive emotions	Work hard but...	The beauty of self-acceptance	Big box of happiness and Christmas trivia	Gmorning, Gnight
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
The holidays: what you said	Stories	Waiting	Love isn't cancelled	Five down	Merry Christmas	Nausea and love
27	28	29	30	31
Self-care	Comfort food	Terry Fox's challenge	Identity	What I learned in 2020

JANUARY 2021
JANUARY 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1	2
					Wishes for 2021	Kintsukuroi
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
What are you here to teach me?	Lessons from the great big C	Pay it forward	Control the things you can	Eyebrows and eyelashes	Carrying on	A nap and kind words
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
A better day	Fearlessness and hope	Baking as therapy	Expectations and stress	Final chemo and ringing the bell	It does get better	When life gives you vinegar
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Long may it continue	I am	You are more than	Impressions	There is always light	Whoever starts the conversation sets the tone	In lieu of
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Choosing an extraordinary life	Courage	Optimism rekindled	Lean on each other	Music as medicine	So easy to take for granted	Every story is unique
31
Building campfires

FEBRUARY 2021
FEBRUARY 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Living in the moment	Follow-up oncology appointment	Presence	Indomitable spirit	Making a difference	Questions and stories
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Writing as therapy	Recovery time	Choices	Alive	Phase 3	Remember your friends	Love and meaning
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Valentine's Day self-care	Be brilliant	Medication	Overcoming	Permission	Managing your healthcare	Making the best
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
200th post	Wintering	Sitting with negativity	Gardening	Informational interview	A thousand-mile journey	Thirty years
28
The promise of spring

MARCH 2021
MARCH 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tools and techniques	Life after cancer, COVID and career	Inherently good	What's in a name?	Results, side effects and growth	What if you fly?
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ovarian cancer awareness	A champion	A beautiful life	Showing up	What Jenesis has taught me	Officers don't run	Art
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Give it enough time	Practice	Put on your shoes	Reflecting on the past	Feedback	Happiness and spring	Special moments
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Poetry	Helpful kids	Songs by the decade	Words	Zeigarnik effect	Blue sky	Special power
28	29	30	31
Lotus flower	Listen with your eyes	Living	So much more

APRIL 2021
APRIL 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
				Good karma	Habits	What to say
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Significant events	Critics	Reach out and touch someone	Health matters	Traditions, habits and boundaries	Genetic testing results	Weeds
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Life's too short	Embarrassing stories	Tests and fears	Processing emotions	Friendship and illness	MRI and COVID-19 vaccine	Heartache
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Learning, teaching, mastering	Emotional intelligence (part 1)	COVID vaccine: first dose	Emotional intelligence (part 2)	Books	Being	Languishing and flow
25	26	27	28	29	30
Mindfulness and meditation	Perspective	Efficiency and effectiveness	Confidence	The future	Survivors

MAY 2021
MAY 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
						Indecision
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Acceptance of my story	Processing emotions: a how-to	Coaching	Latest CA125 result	MITs and other habits	Simplify your life	World Ovarian Cancer Day
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Mother's Day	Planting day	Potential	International Nurses Day	Start, quit, reread	COVID vaccine: second dose	Side effects
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ask	Take care of your health	MACJ writing method	Becoming	Everything you need	Take the first step	Moments between moments
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
University	Lollipop moments	Cancer coaching #2	Even if you never know it	Kindness and Mr. Rogers	Womanhood	Reciprocity guilt
30	31
Limits	Best days

JUNE 2021
JUNE 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5
		300th post	2b or not 2b	Lucky 7	Active	Walking meeting
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Serenity	Health history	Everything is copy	Beauty	Leaders and followers	It's the journey	Love
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
COVID cautious	Mentoring	Happy gallbladder	Compendium of posts: career	Outdoors	Recognition	It's in the giving that I take
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Father's Day	Tiny improvements	Cancer coaching #3	Learning French	Healing power of nature	Sow some kindness	Fundraising for Beau’s 5K for Ovarian Cancer Canada
27	28	29	30
Advice for career and life	It's me―only better	Small acts	Getting through

JULY 2021
JULY 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
				Canada Day reflection	Tomorrow's fundraising walk	A huge thank you!
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Getting what you want	Final tally	A happy birthday	The power of 7	From drudgery to delight	The climb	Needs versus solutions
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Make your CV scannable and other tips	Free time	Estate information	Scenic roads	Re-energizing	The rewards of showing interest	A cherished privilege
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Reputation	What's wrong with being a chicken?	Caring for our mental health	Go find a geek	On being an artist	Retirement	Transition
25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Garden gifts	The power of touch	A true leader	An ounce of prevention	A year in my cancer journey	Joyfear	Preparing for this moment

AUGUST 2021
AUGUST 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Selflessness	Visit to the farm	Thinking vs. doing	CA125: the good news continues	Kingston	A year of Jenesis	Random acts of self-kindness
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Something kind	Advice for new leaders	Adventures	Things will get better	Patient activation	Mysteries you do not yet understand	You gotta laugh
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Networking	G'day	Just clean the vanity	No one has time for everything	Revive and have courage	Unconquered	Reducing food waste
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Greg's day	COVID test and ultrasound	Inherited faulty gene	My own headlines	As easy as breathing	Happy birthday, Mom	Cancer fundraisers: two choices
29	30	31
Be decisive and move on	Leftovers and snacks	Getting started

SEPTEMBER 2021
SEPTEMBER 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4
			Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month #2	Whole heart	Wear Teal Day	Beyond the imperfections
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Freddie	Have a nice day	On it!	2b continued	Packing up a career	A penny a post	Clementine
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Walk of Hope appreciation	Decisions	Self-talk	What would you be?	Free period	Never miss twice	A little soirée
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Terry Fox Run appreciation	The greatest team	Live first, write second	2b goes on	Thank you CPAB	A cool soirée	Comparing options
26	27	28	29	30
Ebb and flow	Grief	Proud of my son	2b determined and CA125	Truth and reconciliation

OCTOBER 2021
OCTOBER 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1	2
					Okay once again	Likeable people
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Retiring activities	Influential people	COVID vaccine: third dose	Protecting health	Nadia Chaudhri's story	Fluffy Freddie	Never stop learning or teaching
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Accepting reality	Thanksgiving	Be kind to your future self	Kindness with a backbone	Tears of gratitude	Go for it	You can do hard things
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Real life	Six Thinking Hats	The Older I Get	Cancer Champion's Breakfast	Flu shot, history and Joni Mitchell	Interviews on grief and cancer coaching	Accomplishment
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Picture	Learning from others	Keep going	National Mentoring Day	Charitable Campaign videos	Tomorrow is another day	The what-if tree
31
The Proust Questionnaire

NOVEMBER 2021
NOVEMBER 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mental health self-care	Feeling down? Get busy!	Use what you have	Trust	Take notes	Talker's block
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Shane's choice	This day	Spontaneity	Your job as a manager	Remembrance Poppy	Making essential activities enjoyable	Us and them
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Standing up	More surgery	Unabashed	Be a time-giver	Day 3 post-surgery	Making someone's day	Fuss-free entertaining
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Catch them doing things right	Patience and time	Invisible mentors	Retirement Day	How I respond	If Plan A doesn't work	Coping with uncertainty
28	29	30
When a tree falls	What's your point?	Your gifts

DECEMBER 2021
DECEMBER 2021
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4
			You are valuable	Setback	Home	CKCU-FM interview
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Focus on what you love	Melanie's day	Quarterly review and gratitude	Enjoy the winter	An archive of losses	The life-changing magic of slowing down	Positive news
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
The Checklist Manifesto	Busy	Christmas mystery gift	More cancer	Keep moving forward	Little bright moments	500th post
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Coping with COVID and cancer	Time and energy	Funny stories	What brings you joy?	Photos	Christmas Eve	Seasons Greetings
26	27	28	29	30	31
Conflict vs. kindness	Sharing	Your work is important	Vaccine Hunters Canada	Coping with anger, frustration and impatience	Happy always comes back

JANUARY 2022
JANUARY 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
						A new year
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Peace	Pelvic MRI	The price of being alive	First radiation therapy	Get the W	Lifesaving treatment	Respect for service providers
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Winter	Radiation oncology check-in #1	Being grateful	Skills-based CV	Medical oncologist follow-up	The rewards of being uncomfortable	Chris Evert diagnosed with ovarian cancer
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Hope and happiness	Radiation oncology check-in #2	COVID vaccine: fourth dose	Vaccine recovery	Live out loud	Pyjama days	Irreplaceable
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Better days	Radiation oncology check-in #3	Self-care truths	How to talk to someone who has cancer	Radiation oncology check-in #3.5	How has a loved one's cancer affected you?	Angels
30	31
What I can control	Radiation oncology check-in #4

FEBRUARY 2022
FEBRUARY 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5
		How full is your bucket?	It can't rain forever	Cheerleader	World Cancer Day	Heroes
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Chipil	Radiation oncology check-in #5	End-of-radiation bell	Not the same after cancer	Look for the lessons	Youthful inspiration	Is what you're doing serving you?
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
You get stronger	Appreciation for the ones we love	Radiation recovery	Human library	Resting not lazy	Some day	Haircut
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Family matters	Humour and humanity	In your words: cancer's impact on loved ones	Looking up	The Book of Jen	Purpose	Christmas tree
27	28
Shane's 31st birthday	To achieve...

MARCH 2022
MARCH 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5
		My purposes	Practicing gratitude	Good for another month	Relationships	Digital decluttering
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Bench strength	Thank a woman	International Women's Day speech	Graffiti	Better photos	Quarterly oncology follow-up	Appreciation, gratitude, acceptance
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Empathic listening	Tips for resolving problems over the phone	Message for a friend	Three questions	4-H	Charity	Radiation oncology check-in #6
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Launch of the Jenesis Happiness Award	World Poetry Day	The other side	Better late than never	Just get it done	End users motivate employees	Secrets of happy people
27	28	29	30	31
Breast MRI	600th post	Results and days	Aging and cancer	Happy, fun, grateful life

APRIL 2022
APRIL 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1	2
					Resources page updated	Gifts
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Rich	Kindness award	National Caregiver Day	New beginnings	Things other people want me to do	Technical challenges	Pleasant surprises
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Siblings Day	One task you can't outsource	The endless chatter of our minds	The best things	Accomplishments log	How did you overcome grief?	Husband Appreciation Day
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Parenting	Look for the thing you CAN do	No place like home	New video: nine questions	Feeling appreciated	Spreading joy	Choose things that make you happy
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Codependent No More	Kitchen floor	Meanderings with Trudy	Radiation oncology check-in #7	Outstanding Career Award	Respecting children	People who feel like sunshine

MAY 2022
MAY 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Boundaries	Flawsome	Getting older	Rich life	Head of your medical team	Speech during Mental Health Week	Interview with Diana
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
World Ovarian Cancer Day 2022	Simple pleasures	Seize the day	In your words: living with grief	You are not alone	Be gentle	Joy in service
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
FiftyForFox fundraiser	Compliments and kudos	All the other ages	Editing your work	Offering feedback	Giving and taking constructive feedback	Today's top 10
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Helping	The story of our possessions	Baking for brothers	Going beyond "how was your day?"	Wishlist	Is your hair like mine?	From feedback to coaching
29	30	31
Dancing and other quotes	Burnout: helping yourself and others	Saying no

JUNE 2022
JUNE 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4
			Surgical follow-up	Opportunity	Where we spend our time	Learning from sadness
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Garden 2022	Surviving and thriving	The story of Café Jen	Another message for my friend	Gracie and George	A very pleasant lady	Deafblind Awareness Month
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Fueling friendship	My priorities	Life is in motion	Inexpressible comfort	Getting what you need from medical appointments	Finished crap can be edited	Household chores schedule
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Family Foodie Day	Cleaning and mental health	How to stop ruminating	Bitterness and love	I had cancer	Priorities fulfilled	Dusting day
26	27	28	29	30
People-pleasing	Optimism and longevity	Purple with a red hat	Giving one's very best	Freddie endures

JULY 2022
JULY 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1	2
					Happy Canada Day	Becoming myself
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
This feeling is temporary	Jen's Storybook	Birthday party ideas	700th post and other milestones	Empathy in the workplace	Freddie update	Simplifying as a form of self-care
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Amazing	Celebrating Freddie	A great team	Shane's new closet	Being present	Positive influence	Mise en place
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Birthday celebration #3	Know yourself deeply	Writing emails your recipients will read	Six questions	Living beyond ovarian cancer	Pride-in-your-child day	Saturday Synopsis #1
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Women supporting women	Peace as a priority	Radiation oncology check-in #8	Making invisible gratitude visible	Succeeding in a job interview	Two years later	Saturday Synopsis #2
31
Precious time

AUGUST 2022
AUGUST 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Chemistry	Slowing down	Live with love	Give it a week	Tidying up	Saturday Synopsis #3 and second anniversary
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Best part of your day	Annual cancer fundraising walks 2022	Our own cheerleader	Thank you etiquette	How to get into the zone of effortless action	A strategy for generosity	Saturday Synopsis #4
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Be useful	In search of inner peace	Neighbours	Joy of missing out	Another 7	Brighter future	Saturday Synopsis #5
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Tips for asking someone to provide a reference	Greg's Day 2022	You matter!	Terry's Team	The purpose of art	Nostalgia	Olivette's birthday and Saturday Synopsis #6
28	29	30	31
Family gathering	The practice of saying no	Organizing digital photos	Mantras

SEPTEMBER 2022
SEPTEMBER 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
				The whispering cancer	Capturing stories	Saturday Synopsis #7
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Better	Comfort clean	Happy retirement	Change	Rest in peace dear Freddie	Help and support	Saturday Synopsis #8
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Walk of Hope 2022	Finding yourself	Quarterly oncology follow-up September 2022	Portuguese	Gaining perspective	Upper Canada Village	Saturday Synopsis #9
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Terry Fox Run 2022	Service and dignity	World Gynecologic Oncology Day	Where you are	Hello Fall	Preparing for next year's garden	Saturday Synopsis #10
25	26	27	28	29	30
Taste test	COVID vaccine: fifth dose	Loud immune system	The four stages of change	Preserving relationships	Truth and Reconciliation 2022

OCTOBER 2022
OCTOBER 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
						Saturday Synopsis #11
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Pumpkinferno	Action for Happiness	Curate your life	Coming soon	Why we tune out	Capturing stories through photos	Saturday Synopsis #12
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Thanksgiving weekend	Cancer and mental health	Kingston 2022	How we see ourselves	Digital minimalism: step one	800th post: Categories	Making a habit of learning
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Saturday Synopsis #13	Slow and steady	My cancer journey	Digital minimalism: email subscriptions	Empowering story	Thank you for sharing	Saturday Synopsis #14
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Becoming more positive	Being boring	The label avenger	Take care of yourself and others	Sunshine for your soul	How to validate someone	Saturday Synopsis #15
30	31
Live and let live	Happy Halloween

NOVEMBER 2022
NOVEMBER 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5
		Life after cancer	I'm too old for this	Enhancing communication with employees	I just wanted you to know	Saturday Synopsis #16
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Offer choices for better decision-making	Try something new	Wild and precious life	The controllable and the uncontrollable	Becoming an expert	Remembering Charles Tomkins	Saturday Synopsis #17
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
World Kindness Day	Alone time	Sharing gifts	HOPE	Christmas wish list	Video games	Saturday Synopsis #18
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Becoming the ocean	Virtuous circle of learning	Balancing work, community, personal life	100 days of learning	Turnip fries and other lies I told my children	Choose to be choosy	Saturday Synopsis #19
27	28	29	30
Let them know	Freedom to choose	Recognizing opportunity	Tenderness

DECEMBER 2022
DECEMBER 2022
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
				Music and memories	Articulating experience and skills	Saturday Synopsis #20
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Freudenfreude	Meditations on being seen and heard	Mel's 30th birthday	Take the help	A momentous milestone	Kindness and civility	Saturday Synopsis #21
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Workplace technology	The cancer queue	Quarterly oncology follow-up December 2022	Advice for implementing a new initiative	Take the leap	Hold on	Saturday Synopsis #22
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Video game day	An average day	Connecting	The label avenger strikes again	Influential people: a follow-up	Reading out loud	Saturday Synopsis #23: Christmas Eve Edition
25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Merry Christmas 2022	When loved ones leave after the holidays	Just live	Getting what you deserve	Creativity	Dishes can always wait	Saturday Synopsis #24: New Year's Eve Edition

JANUARY 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Happy New Year	Soundtrack of my life (volume 1)	Happiness is the new rich	The first 100 days	Two years on	Manager's guide to giving written feedback	Saturday Synopsis #25: Guys' Edition
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Family photos	Writing is like a mirror	Virtue in rest	Make a contribution	150 days of learning	Win-win networking	Saturday Synopsis #26
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Digital photos	Work for a cause	Take the compliment	Six favourite language-learning tools	Ask the reader: Supporting seniors	Passing the time in an MRI	Saturday Synopsis #27
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
900th post	Number 1 in the Diamond League	Look ahead	I love having written	Pelvic MRI results	Inner child	Saturday Synopsis #28
29	30	31
Supporting seniors: Follow-up	The pleasure zone	Writing through cancer

FEBRUARY 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4
			Compendium of posts: language	Groundhog Day	Francis Ford Coppola on art	Saturday Synopsis #29
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Be a helper	Love, present moment, connection	Retirement is not a time to retreat	Categories: Organizing and Simplifying Your Life	100 People	A hope-filled gynecologic oncology follow-up	Saturday Synopsis #30
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Best job	Speaking and listening	Good relationships	Compendium of posts: grief	Relationships, Possibilities, Action	Mother Nature's random act of kindness	Saturday Synopsis #31
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Elective removal of fallopian tubes	Ding-ding-ding	Take a leap	Compendium of posts: writing	Soft words	Relax in a sunbeam	Saturday Synopsis #32
26	27	28
Grammar: patterns in language	Shane's 32st birthday	Radiation oncology follow-up

MARCH 2023
MARCH 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4
			CA125 and hope	Eye health and coffee	200-day streak and first English-Portuguese lesson	Saturday Synopsis #33
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Three words	Visual communication	Origin of Take Me With You	Compendium of posts: women	Not welcome at my table	To work or not to work after retirement	Saturday Synopsis #34
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Today I helped someone	You will find your way	The label avenger returns	Documenting and sharing our stories	Incremental changes	McEwen's Pancake House	Saturday Synopsis #35
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Managing smartphones	Coincidental encounters	Paths to friends	When one story becomes the only story	Practical responses to complaining	Mammogram and breast MRI results	Saturday Synopsis #36
26	27	28	29	30	31
The Easter Bunny came early	This is love	Duolingo level 75	Miss Wellington and other assumed identities	The beat goes on	Seize what's left of the day

APRIL 2023
APRIL 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
						Saturday Synopsis #37
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Happy birthday Chris	Tapping into retirees' experience and expertise	A genuine and trustworthy voice	A year of accomplishments	Our own coffee shop	World Health Day	Saturday Synopsis #38
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Easter in the sugar bush	Was it a stroke or a migraine?	Be patient with yourself	The hope of science	Serving others	Feeding two birds with one scone	Saturday Synopsis #39
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Who we are	Annual checkup	The gift of my company	I'm proud of you	To have enough	Imagining your possible self	Saturday Synopsis #40
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
250 days of learning	Advice for managers	Values	Preserving memories through recipes	CA125: new number	Health news	Saturday Synopsis #41
30
Adversity advantage

MAY 2023
MAY 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Stories give others hope	1,000th post	Well of Strength	Rice Lake	Passion projects	Saturday Synopsis #42
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Antidote for rejection	World Ovarian Cancer Day 2023	Bibliotherapy	Mental Rolodex	Making the invisible visible	Nurse Jacinthe and National Nursing Week	Saturday Synopsis #43
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Happy Mother's Day Olivette	Walking	Healthy eating tips	Shine brightly	Six career questions	Feeding the soul	Saturday Synopsis #44
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
The label avenger reappears	Flânerie	Commemorative coin	Sanctuary	Empathy and CA125	Merlin	Saturday Synopsis #45
28	29	30	31
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind fundraiser and giveaway	Friendship benches	Trumpeter swan	Mango moment

JUNE 2023
JUNE 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
				Supporting a cancer patient	Walk by the water	Saturday Synopsis #46
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Perth pride and positive people	Supporting a loved one from a distance	The wind phone	Coping in times of stress	The miraculous in the common	Hugged, heard or helped	Saturday Synopsis #47
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
300 days of learning	The third place	Breast surgery update	A day of gifts	How far you've come	The success of every woman	Saturday Synopsis #48
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Family Foodie Day 2023	CA125 and breast reconstruction	Reading	Communing with nature	Joyful movement	Helping employees cope with change	Saturday Synopsis #49
25	26	27	28	29	30
A day to flâner and observe	National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day	A life well lived	Epistolary writing	The power to make a difference	Setting up home nursing care

JULY 2023
JULY 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
						Saturday Synopsis #50 and Happy Canada Day
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Memories	Upper Canada Village July 2023	Reporter, columnist, blogger, writer	Awesome Ottawa	57th birthday	2b done	Surgery long note and recovery day 1
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Saturday Synopsis #51 and recovery day 2	Recovery day 3	Recovery day 4	Evert, Navratilova and recovery day 5	Good morning, good night and recovery day 6	Recovery day 7	Saturday Synopsis #52 and recovery day 8
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Green heron and recovery day 9	Sweet treats and recovery day 10	Perspective, joy and recovery day 11	Letting go and recovery day 12	CA125 and recovery day 13	Girl's day, pathology and recovery day 14	Saturday Synopsis #53 and recovery day 15
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Goodness and recovery day 16	One down and recovery day 17	Virginia rail, oncology follow-up and recovery day 18	Great blue heron and recovery day 19	Setbacks and recovery day 20	Steps forward, two down and recovery day 21	Saturday Synopsis #54 and recovery day 22
30	31
Turning a corner and recovery day 23	Roundabout and recovery day 24

AUGUST 2023
AUGUST 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5
		Wounds, wisdom and recovery day 25	Short update	More surgery and more recovery	Tears, detours and gifts	Knitted knockers, bandages and Saturday Synopsis #55
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Jenesis, Portuguese and hospital kits	Staying in the present and serving others	The land of little victories	Laughter heals many hurts	1100 posts and surgery follow-up	Great blue heron	Saturday Synopsis #56
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Grateful for my husband	Gearing up for September's cancer walks	A year of Duolingo	Breast surgery follow-up and CA125	Shared joys make a friend	Know your magnificence	Saturday Synopsis #57
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Joy to go	Rest is not idle	Greg's Day 2023	Friendship pyjamas	Breast surgery follow-up: healing well	The best tool for learning a language	Saturday Synopsis #58
27	28	29	30	31
Olivette's 85th birthday	Three years after ovarian cancer surgery	Organizing for stress-free food prep	Share	Upper Canada Village August 2023

SEPTEMBER 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1	2
					Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario	Saturday Synopsis #59
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Walk of Hope and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month	I like living	Life is the story you tell yourself	Perth September 2023	Beauty and joy in daily rituals	Feeling safe	Saturday Synopsis #60 and World Suicide Prevention Day
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Walk of Hope 2023	Tea and TED	Ovarian cancer follow-up, CA125 and a sequel	CityFolk 2023	Gov't Mule and patchouli	Welcoming new people	Saturday Synopsis #61
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Terry Fox Run 2023	Go grab life	400 days of learning	World GO Day 2023	World Gratitude Day	Variant of uncertain significance	Saturday Synopsis #62
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Cheerful conversations	Franco-Ontarian Day	Early cancer detection	Social connection	Try again tomorrow	Soundtrack of my life (volume 2)	Saturday Synopsis #63 and Truth and Reconciliation 2023

OCTOBER 2023
OCTOBER 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Begin	Confidence builders	Reducing barriers to genetic testing	What's meant to be	World Teachers Day	Pumpkin	Saturday Synopsis #64
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Giving thanks	Hundreds of angels	A great day	October	The peace of wild things	CA125 October 2023	Saturday Synopsis #65
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
There's no shortcut to experience	The Doobie Brothers	Radiothon and hugs	Aging successfully	Avoiding loneliness and staying connected	Supporting employees touched by world events	Saturday Synopsis #66
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Tiny trip to Toronto	Crossing a bridge	Ovarian Cancer Canada Board of Directors	Priorities 2023	Talent and passion	Compendium of posts: Retirement	Saturday Synopsis #67
29	30	31
Lessons of a daytime cook	Solving the puzzle of ovarian cancer	COVID vaccine #6

NOVEMBER 2023
NOVEMBER 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4
			World Ovarian Cancer Coalition	Caregiver activation	Prepping for a colonoscopy	Saturday Synopsis #68
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Love for libraries	Breast reconstruction options	CA125 November 2023	The good in others	Ovarian Cancer Canada's bold new look	Remembering Georgina Pope	Saturday Synopsis #69
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Activities that delight you	Endless possibility	The mysteries of menopause	On writing and life	Questions to ask when criticized	Releasing hurtful words	Saturday Synopsis #70
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1,200th post	A woman getting married	Prescription: make friends	Keeping the kudos	Better sleep	Doing what you love	Saturday Synopsis #71
26	27	28	29	30
Nixtamalized corn	Finding joy in action	Not today	Filling the absence of a loved one	My peace is more important

DECEMBER 2023
DECEMBER 2023
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1	2
					The seemingly inconsequential	Saturday Synopsis #72
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Feeling unappreciated?	Reclaiming our power	CA125 and a hopeful message	Mel's birthday 2023	Managing virtual teams	Gynecologic oncology follow-up December 2023	Saturday Synopsis #73
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Polishing coconuts	Working in the home	Reconnaissance browsing	Date squares for date day	Overheard in a bookstore	Therapy through club sandwiches	Saturday Synopsis #74
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
A little rebellious	Resilience and a little humour	Three key questions for a reference provider	Mondegreen	Tea, treats and talk	Breathe love in, breathe love out	Saturday Synopsis #75
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Christmas Eve 2023	Merry Christmas 2023	The chef is here	Be a friend	500 days of learning	More tips for learning a language	Saturday Synopsis #76
31
2023 in review: health and family

JANUARY 2024
JANUARY 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tiny changes	The power of food to bring people together	The enthusiastic response	CA125 January 2024	Maximizing employee engagement	Saturday Synopsis #77
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Aprons	Sharing insights and meaning	I'm in no rush	The THINK acronym	The power of poetry	Adoptions between friends	Saturday Synopsis #78
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
The Poetry Pharmacy	Opening doors for others	Tips for making homework fun	What is a poem?	Maintenance love	Rarely all bad news	Saturday Synopsis #79
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
A circle of care	Respect for names	Partake in life	Oh the mom guilt!	Helping employees advance	Uncommon advice for dealing with stress	Saturday Synopsis #80
28	29	30	31
The wise trees stand sleeping in the cold	How to get your foot in the door	That's so InTREEguing!	The good of giving and receiving

FEBRUARY 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
				Life imitates art	Facing and overcoming adversity	Saturday Synopsis #81
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
World Cancer Day: spotlight on cervical cancer	Every so often	Everyone deserves a champion	Breast reconstruction decision and CA125	By the Falls Musical Social	The label avenger resurfaces	Saturday Synopsis #82
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
You're a writer	Cousins	Wear Red Canada 2024	Valentine's Day 2024: the joy of loving	Ovarian Cancer Canada appears at health committee	Acts of love and two angels	Saturday Synopsis #83
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Write what should not be forgotten	Timeless advice for business writing	What I've learned from a month of tutoring	Can you learn a language in 6 months?	A blanket of words	Pelvic CT scan	Saturday Synopsis #84
25	26	27	28	29
Prevention of ovarian and cervical cancers and treatment of endometrial cancer	1,300 posts	Shane 2024	Pink Shirt Day	Graduation from breast screening program

MARCH 2024
MARCH 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1	2
					Canada Agriculture and Food Museum	Saturday Synopsis #85
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Compendium of posts: Caregivers	Joy sneaks in	To repair with gold	CA125 March 2024	Women who inspire me	Ovarian cancer follow-up March 2024	Saturday Synopsis #86
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Creative rest	It is good to believe that hope can exist	Went out into the morning	A short story about confidence	Ferguson Falls School and other reminiscences	Gentle grieving and the gift of words	Saturday Synopsis #87
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
The wink	Why does music matter?	Two years after radiation treatment	Rules for a happy life	The stories we tell ourselves	Montreal food tour	Saturday Synopsis #88
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Pleasure in the practice	Stories: a gift from the past	Recognizing talent and potential	Curiosity inspires learning	Finding clarity through writing	Would you like to play with me?	Saturday Synopsis #89
31
The chef is back

APRIL 2024
APRIL 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Elevating energy through purpose	Happy birthday Chris 2024	National Caregiver Day 2024	Rabbit hole to the past	CA125 April 2024	Saturday Synopsis #90
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
600 and 500 days of learning	Success changes the narrative	Start where you stand	Just "being" is a success	Music, land and memories	They won't be coming back	Saturday Synopsis #91
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Learning, play and joy	Que legal	Take your bright mind	The joy file	Personalized health review	Old friends, older stories	Saturday Synopsis #92
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Off to Toronto	Hope through research	Culture of positivity, teamwork and efficiency	Show 'em what you can do	Helping kids find their passion	Failure connects us all	Saturday Synopsis #93
28	29	30

JUNE 2024
JUNE 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1

2	3	4	5	6	7	8

9	10	11	12	13	14	15

16	17	18	19	20	21	22

23	24	25	26	27	28	29

30

JULY 2024
JULY 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6

7	8	9	10	11	12	13

14	15	16	17	18	19	20

21	22	23	24	25	26	27

28	29	30	31

SEPTEMBER 2024
SEPTEMBER 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7

8	9	10	11	12	13	14

15	16	17	18	19	20	21

22	23	24	25	26	27	28

29	30

OCTOBER 2024
OCTOBER 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10	11	12

13	14	15	16	17	18	19

20	21	22	23	24	25	26

27	28	29	30	31

NOVEMBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1	2

3	4	5	6	7	8	9

10	11	12	13	14	15	16

17	18	19	20	21	22	23

24	25	26	27	28	29	30

DECEMBER 2024
DECEMBER 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7

8	9	10	11	12	13	14

15	16	17	18	19	20	21

22	23	24	25	26	27	28

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