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Thank you everyone for joining #AYAPerkatory tonight! Love you all!
Please join us for the next #Perkatory event on June 24th featuring @LacunaLoft with the topic #DearCancer! Sign up here us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
#AYAperkatory A5: No need for me to say a word... A nice, swift punch to the throat will more than suffice. #DearCancer
OK, last question of the night! Q5: If cancer were a person, what would you say to it? #AYAPerkatory #DearCancer
#AYAperkatory A4: So much more different. Before I took the dive into the digital world and met so many wonderful people that just 'got it', I was very alone and didn't realize my feelings were commonplace. I would have written from a place of extreme loneliness #DearCancer
Q4: Would your letter to cancer today be different from one you would have written a year ago? If yes, how so? #AYAPerkatory #DearCancer
#AYAperkatory A3: Yes. I personally believe doing things outside our comfort zones helps us grow, but this is kind of extreme. Regardless, this is how I grew up, and fast. I kind of believe in karma so maybe this will knock off a few reincarnations for me? #DearCancer
Q3: Would you ever thank cancer for any of this unwanted experience? #AYAPerkatory #DearCancer
...not anymore Ms. Liz....
I like how she says Mr to you, but I'm older than both of you and she never does that to me! #AYAPerkatory #DearCancer
Yes, Mr. Nick. Hahaha. I have wondered A LOT why I have a habit of doing this. I've come to the conclusion it's because I'm southern y'all.
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#AYAperkatory A2: I would want to hear the truth straight out, about just how bad things can get, in ways I never could even imagine. That way I could have time to prepare myself better, maybe buy some more binder dividers to organize paperwork.... #DearCancer
Q2: If cancer could write YOU a letter, what would you want it to say? (For example, giving you advice, preparing you for stuff, etc.). #AYAPerkatory #DearCancer
#AYAperkatory A1: You've given me good days and bad, all of which have helped shaped me into the person I am today. At this point though, I'm done with the life lessons. You may go lol. #DearCancer
OK, let's get started! Q1: If you could tell #cancer something in one tweet, what would you say? #AYAPerkatory #DearCancer
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Thank you everyone for joining tonight in #AYAPerkatory #TwitterChat! Join us at our next #Perkatory event on Thurs May 27th at 7pm ET featuring our friends @StupidCancer as we hear from 5 awesome writers read about #SurvivorsGuilt More info & sign up here elephantsandtea.com/perkator…
#AYAPerkatory Q6 - I'm still new to this world so not that I know of. But E&T is doing a phenomenal job just by hosting this event this evening. Thank you.
Last question of the night! Question #6: Have you seen an organization do a good job at talking about Survivor's Guilt that the Herd should know about? #AYAPerkatory #SurvivorsGuilt
#AYAPerkatory "existing guilt". I can get really down on myself, and when I don't keep things in perspective, it's unproductive. I'm hoping to frame the term survivor's guilt differently for myself so while I can still feel down sometimes, I turn it into doing something positive
Question #5: Do you use a different term than Survivor's Guilt? #AYAPerkatory #SurvivorsGuilt
We will have one more question after this!
#AYAPerkatory I want to be cremated as well. The trouble-maker in me wants someone to take my ashes and throw them in the overpriced coffees of unsuspecting people leaving Starbucks. My ghost would seriously love that ahahaha!
#AYAPerkatory #SurvivorsGuilt I know *I* would rather people laugh and have fun...cremate me and dump my a$$ in the Caribbean and then throw a party. Then raise funds for the orgs I was involved in and do something fun to remember me at least 2x/year. (DOB/DOD)
#AYAPerkatory Luckily, there is no wrong answer to this I think. There is no right way, or should. Just do it with good intentions and love in your heart, and you can't really mess up.
Question #4: How SHOULD we honor our friends and loved ones that have passed to #Cancer ? #AYAPerkatory #SurvivorsGuilt
#AYAPerkatory I try to celebrate their life and how they lived, their personal wishes, things like that. Sometimes I just have a good cry and remember good memories. I've been lucky not to have lost many close to me personally during such a long journey.
Question #3: How do you honor/remember loved ones that you've lost? #AYAPerkatory #SurvivorsGuilt
#AYAPerkatory most definitely. I think for some people they feel like it's a complaint in a way and will seem ungrateful if they express that feeling.
Q2: #AYAPerkatory normalize it simply by having open, honest conversations. it should be normalized; everyone is entitled to feel their feelings as long as they don't beat themselves up over it
Question #2: How can we normalize Survivor's Guilt and should we? Remember to respond and use #AYAPerkatory so everyone can follow along!
Farran :) #AYAPerkatory
One more time! Welcome Everyone to #AYAPerkatory #TwitterChat about #SurvivorsGuilt. This is
@NikoGilly
and I'll be the moderator tonight. Let's start off with some introductions - who all is on with us tonight? #AYAPerkatory
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