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✨ March 2025 – Nora’s Ovary Reckoning: A Series of Unfortunate and Fortunate Events 🎭 🌪️⚖️ 🌈
At one point this month, in the middle of all the fun and laughter, I paused and thought:“I’m doing great. I’m having fun. But… I don’t...
Nora Smith
Aug 1919 min read


🌞 August on My Mind – It’s Full of Sunshine of Mine 🌻
Hello, light. Hello, might. You’re here to stay—to keep me strong and hold me tight ☀️💪. No one is invisible to cancer. But I did the...
Nora Smith
Aug 247 min read


🌸 July – My Sweet Month of Mine
July arrived with a string of “uneventful” days—almost close to normal. Before starting my fifth chemo 💉, I said goodbye to my...
Nora Smith
Aug 236 min read


🐛➡️🦋 May the June Be with Me
Can you believe I’m about to have my fourth chemo ? The puzzle pieces are finally coming together. The hump is behind me, and I can just...
Nora Smith
Aug 227 min read


🌷 May – Chemo Showers Bring New Blood Cell Powers
When Recovery Requires Surrender I was supposed to return to work at the end of April. But after everything that happened, I didn’t...
Nora Smith
Aug 225 min read


🔥 April 2025 – Nora’s Cell Shield Melted in the Chemo Reactor
The month everything changed. Well... I kind of saw this coming after surgery. If you’d asked me last April whether cancer or chemo would...
Nora Smith
Aug 228 min read


🖤Cupid in My Ovary: February’s Tumor Signs
Something felt off this February—but I chose to ignore it. 🤷♀️ The biggest sign was the persistent brown spotting. I kept thinking my...
Nora Smith
Aug 157 min read


❄️ January 2025 – Frigid Ovary 🥶
As the title says, here in Minnesota it’s so frigid cold ❄️🌬️ I didn’t realize my ovary was already sending me signals — the tumor...
Nora Smith
Aug 154 min read


December Nora’s Ovary Chill 2024
🗓️ December 1-13, 2024 – Just feeling Corona virus icky After Thanksgiving, I wasn’t feeling well 🤒. We had plans to head to Colorado...
Nora Smith
Aug 134 min read


Nora's Thankful November 2024
🗓️ November 2, 2024 – Last Margarita of 2024 🍹✨ In our group chat, we talked about going out for dinner on Saturday night. After some...
Nora Smith
Aug 124 min read


October 2024 Peekaboo of Nora's Ovary
🗓️ October 5, 2024– Color Explosion 🍁🌈 While enjoying the colors at Jay Cooke State Park, I was struck by how late they arrived this...
Nora Smith
Aug 74 min read


September 2024 Fall Leaves Chasing
🗓️September 28, 2024 - Time for Camping 🌲 Heading Up North I messaged Aerin that I was heading Up North here in Minnesota. I found a...
Nora Smith
Jul 283 min read
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