{"id":883,"date":"2024-07-16T19:26:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T02:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:45:23","slug":"blog-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nobody Wants to Suffer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone who is born holds dual citizenship\u2013 in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody wants to suffer. Not the Ukrainian women and children frantically pushing their way into trains, trains heading anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not the leukemia patient who wakes up to discover her cancer is gone, but so is her longtime boyfriend, career, and identity…..(continue reading)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waltzing With Cancer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is what cancer does. It walks you into moving traffic, then quickly pulls you back from your collar at the last minute, but leaves you close to the near fatality long enough that you\u2019re never quite the same once back on the curb, safe in your driveway framed by the rose hedges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what cancer does. It shakes you free of the ridiculous corset of perfectionism or concern about your career or whether we should paint the exterior house greige to maximize re-sale value …(continue reading)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chit Chat With Cancer Muggles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When they say their cousin cured their cancer without drugs, take a beat, swallow your rage, and say, \u201cWow, that\u2019s lucky for them!\u201d then locate the nearest exit or party guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they say, \u201cHow is that possible? You are the healthiest eater I know,\u201d take a breath and grin thank you, and if feeling generous, add, \u201cWell, at least I don\u2019t have to change my lifestyle very much\u201d–although that second half is only a half-truth….(continue reading)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nobody Wants to Suffer<\/h2>\n

\u201cEveryone who is born holds dual citizenship\u2013 in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

∼ Continue Reading ∼<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-883","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","featured":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Nobody Wants to Suffer \u201cEveryone who is born holds dual citizenship\u2013 in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.\u201d Nobody wants to suffer. Not the Ukrainian women and children frantically pushing their way into trains, trains heading anywhere. Not the leukemia patient who wakes up to discover her cancer is gone, but so is her longtime boyfriend, career, and identity…..(continue reading) Waltzing With Cancer…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"","author_info_v2":{"name":"meesha","url":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?author=1"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"\nBlog - Meesha Halm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blog - Meesha Halm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nobody Wants to Suffer \u201cEveryone who is born holds dual citizenship\u2013 in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.\u201d∼ Continue Reading ∼\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Meesha Halm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T21:45:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/?page_id=883\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/?page_id=883\",\"name\":\"Blog - Meesha Halm\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-17T02:26:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T21:45:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/?page_id=883#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/?page_id=883\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/?page_id=883#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Meesha Halm\",\"description\":\"Culinary Moxie For The Digital Age\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/971b0db116efbb86d710ea75ba380574\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meeshahalm.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/971b0db116efbb86d710ea75ba380574\",\"name\":\"meesha\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/11e833964b396e63a1070485403ae27097de0960cf30278847ca77c23a0afa79?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/11e833964b396e63a1070485403ae27097de0960cf30278847ca77c23a0afa79?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/11e833964b396e63a1070485403ae27097de0960cf30278847ca77c23a0afa79?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"meesha\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/11e833964b396e63a1070485403ae27097de0960cf30278847ca77c23a0afa79?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blog - Meesha Halm","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blog - Meesha Halm","og_description":"Nobody Wants to Suffer \u201cEveryone who is born holds dual citizenship\u2013 in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.\u201d∼ Continue Reading ∼","og_url":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883","og_site_name":"Meesha Halm","article_modified_time":"2026-03-09T21:45:23+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883","url":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883","name":"Blog - Meesha Halm","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-07-17T02:26:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T21:45:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?page_id=883#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blog"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/","name":"Meesha Halm","description":"Culinary Moxie For The Digital Age","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/#\/schema\/person\/971b0db116efbb86d710ea75ba380574"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/#\/schema\/person\/971b0db116efbb86d710ea75ba380574","name":"meesha","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11e833964b396e63a1070485403ae27097de0960cf30278847ca77c23a0afa79?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11e833964b396e63a1070485403ae27097de0960cf30278847ca77c23a0afa79?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11e833964b396e63a1070485403ae27097de0960cf30278847ca77c23a0afa79?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"meesha"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11e833964b396e63a1070485403ae27097de0960cf30278847ca77c23a0afa79?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1785,"href":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/883\/revisions\/1785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meeshahalm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}