C is for Colleen. C is for Calgary, where I live and the university where I work. C is for coffee, which makes everything better. C is for countries (I have traveled to more than 50 so far). C is for carrots (and all of the other things I like to grow in my garden). C is for children (specifically my 9 nieces and nephews whom I love more than anything). C is for cynical (as in my sense of humour). C is for climbing around in the mountains (well, hiking really, but it was the only c-word I could find). C is for Christian (although C is definitely NOT for conservative, either politically or as relates to my beliefs – love is love!). C is for chocolate and chips and cupcakes, the most important of food groups. C is for creative, curious, clever, and courageous.
And C is also for cancer, which is why I’m writing this blog. And while this is the place where family and friends can come for updates and bad cancer jokes and irreverent reflections on my diagnosis and treatment, you may also be subject to posts about my garden, the weather and other random thoughts on life. Because talking about cancer all day is both boring and depressing and I am more than my diagnosis.
C is for Colleen 