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• Daughter Slaughter

  A friend told me that ‘honor killing’ dishonored her extended family in Salt recently. It dishonored me too, as this family is ‘Christian’. Jesus had a specific word to those who... Posted Oct 04 2008, 10:06 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Pali Film “The Salt of This Sea”, up for an Oscar?

  HHmmm, am I only only who whose radar this film flew under? Gaza Girl sent me these links: http://www.philistinefilms.org/ Hear Anne Marie Jacir, the director, talk about her film: http://www.abc.net.au... Posted Oct 02 2008, 02:19 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Child Rearing Rule #4: Let Them Fail

  Abu and Um Kounouz decided Um K was doing WAY too much by way of reminding children to do their chores. They also decided those treasures could do way more around the house before it would be considered... Posted Sep 29 2008, 02:44 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Drum Roll…Stage I!!! (Or II)

  Yahoo! I got my cytology report yesterday from the esteemed Dr. Abdulla, and the cancer is well differentiated, LOCALIZED and has NOT spread to lymph nodes or beyond! ALL good, well, in terms of cancer... Posted Sep 26 2008, 02:41 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• The Web - A Cancer Survivors 4th Best Friend

  Two things I couldn’t live without now on this cancer journey: a BFF who is a doctor, and the internet. When things happen that I just don’t get, I don’t have to stew and wait for my... Posted Sep 25 2008, 12:19 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• ExPat Urduniyeen, First Clouds!!

  You Jordanians living elsewhere, yesterday was that magical day when the first clouds flew by our azure skies. I was thinking of several of you, as you know how precious that sight is, after months of... Posted Sep 24 2008, 10:50 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Another Voice on Polygamy ;)

  OK, I hate forwards, lying, and I am no fan of either George nor Brad. But this one just made me laugh so hard my stitches hurt. One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her... Posted Sep 24 2008, 12:14 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Outing My Sister, LOL

  Heh-heh, it worked!!! I finally got my CFO/Rancher Sister to read my blog!!! My wunnerful sis-in-law Jessica The Germophobe started this summer after our adventure The Born Again and Atheist Together On... Posted Sep 24 2008, 12:57 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Hospital Advice? Besides Avoiding PH Hospital, I Mean

  The time of the modified neck dissection draweth nigh. I’m looking for advice on making my hospital stay pleasant, although I have plenty of experience after four c-sections, two D & Cs, one... Posted Sep 19 2008, 02:02 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Weekend Question

  There was discussion this summer that blogging had become boring. I think it has picked up, what do you think? Read More... Posted Sep 18 2008, 03:14 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• She Who Taught Me How To Be a Good Cancer Friend

  When hubby and I were newly married, last century, we were working in a suburb of Chicago new to both of us. We found a church we both liked (me the wild charismatic and he the staid Bible church guy)... Posted Sep 17 2008, 11:45 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk, living with cancer

• So, How Did You Tell The Kids?

  One of the questions friends ask in a lower tone of voice is: “So how are the kids handling it?”. The answer represents another great mercy of God upon our family: they are SO normal. When... Posted Sep 17 2008, 04:19 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• ACTION TIME!!! Yella Ya Shabaab

  (Ok, being an old blonde with cancer, I missed I was supposed to post this. Duh. So, drumroll…..) Give it up, bloggers. I don’t want to see you just post this thing, I want to see every single... Posted Sep 14 2008, 06:31 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Jordan’s Water Issues Highlighted in Hubby’s Textbook!

  My dad, one of the original subscribers to “Mother Jones” magazine, used to say the next world war would be fought over water, in the Middle East. He said this in the early 1970s, when most... Posted Sep 13 2008, 09:26 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• ‘My Treasure’ on HuffPo

  Heh-heh, LOL. I always love the honor of bring picked up by Amira Hussaini at Global Voices Online. But I’m giggling because I was read on the Huffington Post which carried her round-up of Middle... Posted Sep 12 2008, 10:57 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Remembering 9/11

  I remember that day like it was yesterday, all of it. The day started with very sad news, as a woman from our church had died in a bus accident in Egypt. It was the day of our womens’ Bible study... Posted Sep 11 2008, 01:55 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Khalaf & Batir: sorry guys, NO CAN DO

  Khalaf and Batir, two of the rare beacons of hard-hitting political analysis in blogging, have decided it is time to stop. I beg to differ. You just can’t. Period. Gentlemen, I know you have ‘political... Posted Sep 11 2008, 02:53 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Waiting for Surgery

  Well, waiting takes on a new dimension when cancer is a part of life. I had hoped by now to be recovering from surgery and live-blogging from the hospital (any hospitals in Amman have wire-less?). Waiting... Posted Sep 06 2008, 04:17 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Meet MommaBean :D

  For those of you my readers who haven’t yet read MommaBean’s blog “A Tale of Three Beans“, you are missing a treat. In addition to catching every typo in town, she has hilarious... Posted Sep 02 2008, 01:27 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Ramadan Cookie Redo

  Time to tell cancer to shove off the blog for a bit while I return to my blogging roots: COOKIES! Tiffany from Ohma’s Cookies linked to my post from last year and has, for the very first time, included... Posted Sep 02 2008, 12:24 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Playing the “Cancer Card”

  Well, I told myself I wouldn’t do it, and I did. I said to self “Do not use this disease to gain favor or get special treatment”. I did it yesterday, and I feel bad, but it worked. Lord... Posted Aug 28 2008, 11:40 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• The Cancer Learning Curve

  Hhhhmmm…so what gave me the impression I would be able to come home, call my US doctor’s colleague, and get surgery scheduled before Ramadan? I wasn’t really planning on part of my ‘testing’... Posted Aug 24 2008, 11:45 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• 100,000 Views - 500th Post - New Topic: Living With Cancer

  Thanks, dear readers, for hanging in there with my random blog of treasures. Without a lot of planning on my part, this 500th post coincides the roll-over into six figures of views. I know it’s more... Posted Aug 20 2008, 12:24 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• The King in Canyonville

  Commenter Lucia and I met at another blog and connected on several levels, one of those jewels of the internet. She sent me a snail-mail letter a few weeks back, with a fun news-clipping she may not have... Posted Aug 16 2008, 11:39 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• My Condolences

  There are many holes in my understanding of the Arab world, and it is the passing of men like Mahmoud Darwish that reveal them. As I have watched the Jordanian blogosphere mourn, I have been instructed... Posted Aug 16 2008, 10:05 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Feeling Vampirized - Another American Health Care Story

  After friends getting all over me to get a second opinion over a health issue I have, I finally found a doc our insurance covered and went in. Not that I don’t trust my Urdani Doctor, it’s... Posted Aug 15 2008, 06:56 AM by my treasure Filed under: hayk

• Dumb Blonde Jokes from Breaking Dawn

  I have NO business blogging OR reading Breaking Dawn. I have 800 square feet covered with stuff to pack into twelve 50lb duffle bags to return to our beloved land of Jordan. This is what is keeping me... Posted Aug 13 2008, 12:40 PM by my treasure Filed under: hayk