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As time goes on…
My last blog post was last August, right after I lost my familiar Leonidus. Around six weeks after, I lost my other familiar, Hoshiko my...
Aja McDonald
Apr 15, 20244 min read
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Reflection
August 31 2019. Eagles Peak ~ my happy place close to where my parents live. It’s not often but I miss “home” today. Talking to mum and...
Aja McDonald
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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Documenting Time
Documenting time. Been way too long since I could handle seeing myself on the other end of a lense. I haven’t enjoyed wigs either. Might...
Aja McDonald
Jul 25, 20231 min read
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Creating calm inside a storm
Just a wee update on what I’ve been up to so far this month. . . After recovering from my week of isolation at home with Covid a few...
Aja McDonald
Jun 22, 20233 min read
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Treatment 8 of 12
So much has happened over the past few months, even thou I feel like I haven’t achieved anything at all. Having chronic fatigue and...
Aja McDonald
Mar 17, 20233 min read
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Day at the museum
I haven’t wanted any photos of myself taken over these past few months. When I look in the mirror, I find it hard to see myself. No...
Aja McDonald
Feb 16, 20232 min read
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Chemo Round 4
My fatigue has grown more and more over each treatment I have received since starting chemotherapy. It was known that my ongoing...
Aja McDonald
Jan 17, 20235 min read
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Emotional Start Today
I’m having an emotional day. It’s my reality. I’ve lasted just over 8 weeks from surgery with only two major cry’s and I’m proud of how...
Aja McDonald
Dec 30, 20222 min read
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Ten days of “nope”
Over the past 10 days I could not be bothered with keeping up with my blog and updating the world on my status. I am aware that this is...
Aja McDonald
Dec 24, 20225 min read
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Week 2
Days pass and weeks go on. I am now on day 13 from starting chemo. In two days, I begin the second round. As I reflect, I now know that I...
Aja McDonald
Dec 13, 20227 min read
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Creativity coming out of my toes!
It may be that it’s my way of coping, but since I can remember I have always had a purpose for each day. If I were to wake up and start a...
Aja McDonald
Nov 28, 20223 min read
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The start of Monday blog posts
Since my last post, I have had a lot happen. I feel it will be easiest to try and break it down with a quick brief, followed with a...
Aja McDonald
Nov 21, 20226 min read
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Mondays are for blogging
I am starting to get the hang of blogging around my healing. But I have also found the time to connect with other artists with similar...
Aja McDonald
Nov 16, 20223 min read
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My First Badge
Now live on my Wolf & Rosehip Etsy Shop! I’m so excited to share something I’ve been wanting to do for years. I had been working on some...
Aja McDonald
Nov 5, 20221 min read
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Starting to prepare
Over the weekend I had time to think about something that was mentioned to me. I was made aware on Saturday that most breast cancer...
Aja McDonald
Oct 25, 20224 min read
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8 days…
This past week has gone by in a blink of an eye. Things are going along smoothly since my triple test was done on Monday 3rd October. If...
Aja McDonald
Oct 23, 20225 min read
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The Start of My Personal Metamorphosis
Taking a break… “I am one who functions best when controlling chaos.“ The things my husband puts up with. Yes, I am obsessed with...
Aja McDonald
Oct 19, 20223 min read
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And so it begins…
I have never been successful at making a blog and keeping up with it. From the times we once used MySpace, I used my artistic voice by...
Aja McDonald
Oct 17, 20222 min read
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