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They Say Pandemics Are Stressful

Christine Knapp July 19, 2020

I intended to sit down and write an eloquent and thoughtful blog post about the anxiety and stress we’re all feeling during this pandemic. I was going to muster up every molecule of empathy and caring I had left. I planned on weaving in a story …

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What I’m Going to Tell My Grandkids About 2020

Christine Knapp July 13, 2020

Grandma! Tell us about 2020 again!! 2020? Really? Again? Okay, if you insist. Where do we start? Start with the mean orange man, grandma! Ah, the orange man. Yes! Okay, once upon a time there was a big mean orange man with cotton candy hair who, …

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Hurry Up and Wait

Christine Knapp June 29, 2020

I collected another bracelet last week. I added another paper one to the pile, the kind you have to cut off your wrist after a long day in oncology. I collect them. I don’t know why, but I add them to a growing stack right after …

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A Scanxiety Timeline

Christine Knapp June 24, 2020

It’s that time of the year again, folks. It’s scan time! For those of you who don’t know, scan time is the time where us folks with oddly multiplying cells get raked over with a fine toothed comb to see if our cells are, in fact, …

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I Grew Up in Plantation, FL – My Thoughts on Changing the City’s Name

Christine Knapp June 14, 2020

From the day I was born until the day I got married, I lived in the same modest three bedroom ranch house in Plantation, Florida. Our family was larger than most at the time, busting the seams of that house with six children, but other than …

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In This House We Believe…

Christine Knapp June 13, 2020

· Black Lives Matter because duhhhhhhh. It’s really pretty simple. We also believe if the All Lives Matters people worked on making healthcare, housing, and a living wage accessible for ALL instead of popping in on every damn Black Lives Matters Facebook post then maybe they …

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What I’ve Learned About My Husband Since He’s Been Working From Home

Christine Knapp May 27, 2020

Like so many of you, I have a spouse who is now working from home. On an odd weekday somewhere back in March he was told he’d be working out of the office until further notice. My life has never been the same since. Now, don’t …

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An Open Letter to That One Squirrel. You Know Who You Are.

Christine Knapp May 6, 2020

Hey, squirrel. Yeah, you. Listen here, you fluffy tailed motherfucker. We are in a pandemic. Pan. Demic. I realize you’re flitting around living your squirrel life with literally zero risk of developing the ‘rona, but the rest of us have been sitting in our houses for …

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30 Thoughts I Have While Watching Any Episode Of Ozark

Christine Knapp April 12, 2020

Like the rest of you, I am hunkered down in self isolation waiting out a pandemic. I’d love to be the type of person who writes the great American novel or becomes fluent in Farsi during my self imposed exile, but it turns out I’m just …

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