Pam Roberts
Pam is Program Director and program facilitator for Forest Moon: Celebrating Cancer Survivorship, a non-profit which offers free workshops, retreats and classes for people affected by cancer in western MA, VT and NH.
A Sacred Space
When I write with others affected by cancer or loss in my Spirit of the Written Word writing workshops, I feel like I am entering a sacred space. We create this special space together, sitting around the table, notebooks open, … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Anniversary Ditty
These days are alive days are my days to celebrate being alive. These days are my anniversary days. Sixteen years past cancer diagnosis. Sixteen years of raising my children of loving my children of scribbling in notebooks. Sixteen years. I … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Cancer Journey
Who wants to be on this cancer journey? Not me. Not anyone. No one would ever choose this path. And yet, here we are, my compatriots of cancer and I, mending our lives, saving our lives, as best as we … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
To Live By A River
This is my first winter living next to the river. In the cold dark I take my son’s yellow lab for a walk in the backyard that stretches to the riverbank. The ice creaks and groans and sometimes makes such … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Stanley
This is  my son’s service dog. … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
May Diary
TOP ELEVEN REASONS WHY I HAVE NOT POSTED “MAY DIARY†UNTIL HALFWAY THROUGH JUNE: 1. My son’s service dog Stanley threw up seven times yesterday. 2. I broke my baby toe hanging up the laundry. 3. There is a buzzing … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
April Diary
April 10, 2008 There was that time this afternoon that I was wandering around outside. A neighbor had been burning brush for me and then left, asking me to check it before I went out, so I meandered down to … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
March Diary
March 13 Today I sat at the round kitchen table by the glass door, looking up from my computer screen to watch a cardinal perch on bare forsythia branches, a welcome spot of red against the otherwise dreary landscape. The … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Opening Prayers
On Wednesday, Feb 13, at 7pm at Broadside Books in Northampton MA, members of the Spirit of the Written Word writing workshop that I lead at Cancer Connection will read from our new book, Words to Live By. It will … [CLICK TO READ MORE]