Janette Nystrom
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I guess I no longer need a brush
I stopped using deodorant when I found out I had cancer. It wasn’t a conscious decision; I wasn’t thinking that the aluminium in the deodorant caused my breast cancer or that I could go around stinking now that I had it. I unconsciously took a daily action out of the routine. It was something I could control. I think that is what I wanted the most, was to control. Control the narrative, control the diagnosis, control the treatment, control everyone’s reaction around me because I was in the spotlight now for all the wrong reasons.
By Janette Nystrom4 years ago in Humans
Shelby's Eye
She slammed the car door too hard. It rattled the snow off the back window and the dirty snow globs around the tires fell to the garage floor. Shelby gingerly stepped over the gobs and walked into the house. The cats came running and the dog was almost tripping her with their pet excitement. It’s nice to be loved. Shelby put down her purse and slumped into the kitchen chair. She stared dejectedly at her freshly painted pink counter tops. They had brought so much joy, rolling that perfect shade of pink on her mid-century home in a quaint little Minnesota town.
By Janette Nystrom4 years ago in Confessions
