
Kelly Diaz
Jun 1, 20215 min read
Zero Hour
I didn’t go to the Stephenson Center last Friday to have my CVC flushed. Instead, after the postponement of my admission on Tuesday due...
My Journey with Multiple Myeloma
Welcome to MyTPen, where you will find poetry, essays, and a personal account
of what it's like to go through treatment for Multiple Myeloma.


I didn’t go to the Stephenson Center last Friday to have my CVC flushed. Instead, after the postponement of my admission on Tuesday due...

Good Tuesday morning from the Natural State! Yes, I’m in Arkansas. How I got here is another story for another time—hopefully very soon....

Written Wednesday, 19 May 2021 If you’re reading this now, we are kindred spirits, and I thank you. Recently I had a loved one tell me in...

You guessed it. It will be another week. And that’s if the rhinovirus is gone by Friday. Nancy called a little while ago. I have had a...

Today I find myself in unfamiliar territory—an unplanned day, or as the title suggests, a “nothing day.” I had nothing planned for today...

We all know how miserable the common cold can be. Unfortunately, I have one right now... For anyone who is not familiar with the...

Warning: May not be suitable for men or the faint of heart That's redundant, isn't it? By today’s standards, I suppose that's a very...

The dark clouds in the Oklahoma sky threatened to let loose a deluge upon us at any moment all day yesterday but never delivered on the...

This morning I was up an hour before the sun. I didn’t set an alarm. I just woke up and looked at the clock at 4:56 and figured I might...

I miss the quiet company of all of my cats . . . and I can't get home to them soon enough.

Whatever ones calls it, most of the time, I feel like I keep worry in check, but it is always present. It’s like another personality, an...

I have never been away from my cats for as long as I will be on this trip. I have never faced as daunting a challenge as I am facing either.
The following is from an email I received recently from Kris Stump, a site member who happens to be a very old and dear friend of mine...

Here we go, folks! It’s finally time. I say finally, but it’s really only been five months since I started chemotherapy. For many, it...

I need to tell you about this special animal and how much he means to his family, but especially to John.

~ Adjustments to make the blog posts easier to read. ~ Upcoming posts. As I learn more about my WIX site and the features, I have changed...

24-26 April, 2021 Every morning when I look in the mirror, the periorbital condition under my eyes, commonly referred to as dark circles,...

Sometimes I don’t have answers. Sometimes I don’t know what questions to ask. Monday, 19 April, was one of those days.

A possum with leucism visited my patio today.

The problem in our society today is that we don’t recognize evil anymore.

Romans 8:38-39
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

