Cancer and Reading: What Books Have Inspired You? - a podcast by Angie Karlee

Series 1 Episode 8

World Book Day is a great day to celebrate reading as an adult and with your children.

Karlee’s girls went dressed as word ninjas today and each girl wore one of her headscarves from her lovely friends that she wore during chemo. Her eldest chose her ‘Warrior’ scarf sent from Japan from a Marine friend. Out of all the many scarves, her eldest chose the one that closed out Karlee’s radiotherapy treatment. Talk about a proud Mom moment.

Angie shared that she was on steroids the last World Book Day as she was awaiting her diagnosis also known as in her pre-cancer days. Angie read 3 of her relevant day nursery rhymes and the ladies talked about the importance of routines for children and how empowering the songs were for boys and girls. Karlee is working on a children’s book about trying and has put that on hold.

Being that it’s World Book Day, Karlee and Angie talked about books that have helped them. Both ladies are inquisitive and love information! Karlee has admitted that often times she is too tired and her reading level is not at an optimum level yet. Angie has read many books and is in the loop. Whereas Karlee has kept up to date in various online groups. Either way, the ladies discuss books that have added meaning throughout their Cancer journey.

Karlee then referred to various lines from The Dr, Seuss book, “Oh the Places You Will Go.” She bought that book for her cousin when she finished high school and it truly explains with beautiful rhyme the ins and outs of life. The story resonated with the cancer journey: the ups and downs, the waiting, and the not knowing. The key message is not to get stuck and keep moving on up being the best version of you.

Karlee and Angie end with the importance of reading and being in the know. They also talk about how important story time is and how wonderful books are for chill time and bonding.

Something as simple as reading a book can make great memories and also allow us Cancer Moms to relax with our children. And for that, we are big fans of reading books!

In this podcast, we discuss:

· World Book Day

· Angie’s Nursery Rhyme Book

· Steroids

· Bedtime Routine

· Books that have inspired us on our Cancer journeys

· Book for bonding time

· Dr. Seuss

Books we are not promoting, but have read that have inspired us:

· ‘Radical Remission’ by Kelly Turner

· ‘This Is Only A Test: What Breast Cancer Taught Me About Faith, Love and Business’ by Chris-tia Donaldson

· ‘The Art of Possibility’ by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

· ‘A Diary of Healing’ by Mary Ann Wasil (Mary you were so amazing and your legacy lives on through (https://getintouchfoundation.org/)

· ‘Oh the Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Seuss

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