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A Year of Immunotherapy, A Lifetime at the Cancer Center

February 4, 2019 by V.R.M. - 1 Comment

i want to live so densely. lush. and slow.in the next few years. that a yearbecomes ten years. and the pastbecomes only a page. in the book ofmy life. nayyrah waheed This post has been hard to write, not because there is something particularly terrible to report, but ...

52 years, 4 generations, and two hemispheres: the journey of Panchita the Beetle

August 13, 2018 by V.R.M. - No Comments

Last June, I received a family heirloom. Thanks to ubiquitous smartphones, we were able to watch its three-week journey, starting with the day when it was loaded onto a truck in front of my parents’ apartment in Lima, Perú. A couple of days later, a customs agent sent us photos of it, parked ami ...

Goodbye, Lucy.

May 25, 2018 by V.R.M. - 2 Comments

Amidst the din of getting ready for the schoolday, between lunches being made and a fight over a hairbrush, a hummingbird crashed into our house’s big living room window. The sound startled us and we ran outside, fearing the worst. We found him: the size of my thumb, lying on the ground, eyes wide ...

Melanoma: A Love Story

July 7, 2017 by V.R.M. - 4 Comments

Last April, on a day when I was studying for the DSM final exam, melanoma showed up in my life again. It came in the form of a call from the dermatologist who had removed a tiny little spot on the edge of my original, six-year-old scar. “I’m sorry,” she said, and I don’t really remember what ...

The Road to Recovery

June 23, 2017 by V.R.M. - No Comments

The track season couldn’t have come soon enough this year. I had been looking forward to a break from the intensity of attending grad school while attempting to parent and work. Most of all, I had been looking forward to the thrill of driving at speed and spending time with our fun- and car-loving ...

Grad School, Mom Style: What a Difference 20 Years Can Make

December 27, 2016 by V.R.M. - 8 Comments

Last September, I returned to graduate school twenty years after I first graduated from graduate school. As my daughters became increasingly self-sufficient over the last two years, I started exploring the question of what I would do next career-wise. One of the benefits of putting twenty years betw ...

Honing skills, taking risks, and finding balance in failure and recovery: it’s all in a (track) day’s work

August 22, 2016 by V.R.M. - No Comments

Recently, my husband C and I were asked to help out at a PCA event at Grattan Raceway. Instead of taking the racecar, trailer and swag, we decided to keep it simple by driving up in the Cayman. The day was overcast and it rained on and off throughout the event, which helped keep things cooler and mo ...

Kindness is Contagious (Even at the Race Track)

June 24, 2016 by V.R.M. - No Comments

On June 16-19, Rally Sport Region (RSP) held its annual weekend event at Grattan Raceway. The event celebrated the 20th anniversary of the founding of the club whose members are known for their friendliness and love of the race track. Over 100 attendees enjoyed between two and four days of on-track ...

Make the Real World Your Ideal World

June 10, 2016 by V.R.M. - No Comments

Imagine a place with no cellular service, no wifi (ok, really terrible wifi that’s not really worth using – so close) and where someone peering into their phone is a rare sight. Now add to that a bucolic setting that reminds you of the camp where you spent summers as a kid, but instead of tug-of ...

To Wednesday, My Least Favorite Day of the Week

May 25, 2016 by V.R.M. - 1 Comment

Most people hate Mondays, but hump day is the day I dread. Each Wednesday, per our custody agreement, my daughters go to their dad’s house for the second half of the week. In principle, I don’t disagree with the schedule we have in place; I firmly believe spending time with their father and sist ...

A Year of Immunotherapy, A Lifetime at the Cancer Center

52 years, 4 generations, and two hemispheres: the journey of Panchita the Beetle

Goodbye, Lucy.

Melanoma: A Love Story

The Road to Recovery

Grad School, Mom Style: What a Difference 20 Years Can Make

Honing skills, taking risks, and finding balance in failure and recovery: it’s all in a (track) day’s work

Kindness is Contagious (Even at the Race Track)

Make the Real World Your Ideal World

To Wednesday, My Least Favorite Day of the Week

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