Tag: Fuck Cancer

• I want my field of dreams back

  Escaping from life is what I did best.  I still look for respite in my own ways.  Playing and watching sports allowed my young brain to process life.  As a young kid in the 70’s, I didn’t get this cerebral.  I didn’t experience life and think, “I’m going to escape into a ‘Field of Dreams’…

  Brandt Butze

  April 27, 2022

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  Cancer, change, family, field of dreams, Fuck Cancer, grief, health, hope, recovery, sadness, thanksgiving, weightloss, wellness

• i am a robot

  Settling in a routine after the death of my son is becoming robotic.  For more than a year (We are at 14.5 months since Jacob’s death) I’ve had a wide range of emotional outbursts.  I oft cry at a drop of the hat followed by questionable humor.  My eating became worse than ever, and exercise…

  Brandt Butze

  March 15, 2022

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  Cancer, death and dying, Empathy, Empathy Matters, exercise, Fuck Cancer, numb

• #ButzesBaubles; our community Judeo-Christmas tree

  Jacob passed away December 27.  We are coming up on one year without him.  I understand the hyperbole.  I understand that he’s likely with us in spirit.  I want to believe it all.  I do most of the time.  One year ago, Jacob was alive.  One year ago, Jacob could cry and laugh.  One year…

  Brandt Butze

  December 1, 2021

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  #ButzesBaubles, all, Cancer, Chanukah, Christmas Tree, Empathy, family, Fuck Cancer, grief, health, hope, Leukemia, Love, recovery, sadness, Season of Hope, thanksgiving, weightloss, wellness