It is with a heavy heart that the Atter family shares that all treatment options for Julie have been explored. With her permission, I am sharing today that Julie has finished the last round of intensive chemotherapy that is possible, and there is no further treatment that can be done. At this time, the terminal glioblastoma brain tumour is progressing and slowly affecting different functions. Please consider sharing a story, a memory, prayer or anything you wish to have share

Anticipatory grief and update that is today’s phrase and let’s break it down: Grief is Captain Obvious which goes hand-in-hand with love. When something you dearly love is gone or stops or is taken away or moves to forever (verb of choice),…. Then there is grief! I had grief when I could no longer play my trombone after my October 19, 2019 central retinal vein occlusion (a CRVO) and I agreed when I could no longer run around to referee Basketball after 52 years (I started ref

Good afternoon, everyone: It is time for a new update since a lot has been happening over the past few weeks. I’ve had another MRI. It shows no clear progression of tumour growth so thank you for your prayers and support! It will be another three weeks until I have another MRI to look at how to decrease the blood around my tumour (to starve it) and my oncologist had a special scan to check for bloodflow. Now that I can’t do Summer Band Camps, (can’t play and can’t drive an

Happy Mother’s Day to everybody from this past Sunday! First off, I hope you’re all having a great Mother’s Day and able to enjoy your day. Also, I hope you’re able to enjoy all that Life has to offer you. My latest news is that Monday, I had my latest MRI to check on the growth of the malignant glioblastoma brain tumour which I’m fighting. I have had four potassium infusions, which are not that fun because potassium is a salt and salt in your veins really does hurt a lot so

"Anticipatory Grief" That is today’s phrase and let’s break it down: Grief - captain obvious: grief goes hand-in-hand with love and when something you dearly love is gone or stops or is taken away, moved to,… (verb of choice.) Then there is grief - the grief at its loss. I grieved when I could no longer play my trombone after my October 19th/2019, central retinal vein occlusion CVRO, and I grieved when I could no longer run around and referee basketball after 52 years as it

Good morning all, I’ve successfully completed the intensive 5-day chemotherapy session and am now on my 25-day break! At this time we're not doing any more radiation, but doing 5-day chemotherapy treatments once a month. Tomorrow should give us more details from the latest MRI! Some exciting news, I have new accessibility devices around the home! Bathtub Lift: I ❤️💕love the bathtub lift which allows me to have an Epsom salt soak! Sock Helper: As mobility is a challenge, this

Message from Julie: Well, yesterday Stacy & I were in the Pasqua ER (since the Pasqua has the oncologists) since 2:00pm,…. I’ve had my monthly oncologist call and he’s starting me on my 5-day double dose chemotherapy in a week’s time, once this sinus infection - turned into pneumonia has cleared up! No review yet from Thursday’s MRI so hopefully soon there’ll be a review of my MRI! I’ll keep you posted! God bless! Message from Heidi: Thank you everyone for keeping up with us

Cipher in the Snow (1974) - LDS Classic Film “Cipher in the Snow” This film was made in 1973, thus please overlook the poofy hairdos and the Ghostbusters-like Ambulance. I first saw this film at a professional development seminar and from then on I used to go and borrow the 16mm film from SaskFilm & show it every year to my class. Then I would have the students write about their point of view of Cliff Evans: how he was a cypher, not legally adopted by his stepfather wh

“O Fortuna” from “Carmina Burana” Every person has a backstory!! Every song has a backstory! Perhaps look up Billy Joel’s “The Piano Man”! Be curious! (not judgemental) You KNOW this Medieval Latin Goliatdic poem (now a song), as part of “Carmina Burana”, whether from a beer commercial or other product, or from movies adding suspense and/or vexations about the inexorable fate that rules both gods and mortals in Roman mythology. Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin

Happy Birthday Judy!! Look at the cake! Hello all! 1 - I had a wonderful phone consult with my oncologist, Dr. M. Souied, Tuesday evening; 2 - another Dr. on my medical team, Dr. Mir, Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology, has put in the request for me to have an MRI within 4 weeks; 3 - I’m also on a 3-week reduction of dexamethasone steroids from 4mg/day down to 0 by Feb 16th. Whooooo Hooo No more ‘roids!! Post-surgery was 16mg/day and THAT was an adventure as an understate

January 23, 2026, I was able to ring the bell after finishing my first round of treatment! Treatment may be done but I am not! We will hopefully find out how treatment went and the next steps!

Take a look inside radiation! You lie on the table, hold a donut circle so your arms don't move, and have a mask tightly placed around your head!

Why are pirates called pirates? Well, they just RRRRRRR. This is what you look like when not only are you in active chemo & radiation treatment for brain cancer but you also have your every-six-weeks-eye-injection from having had the Oct. 19th/2019 central retinal vein occlusion in my left eye. Thus, I wear my patch like a pseudo bandage just to help the fresh injection site of my eyeball heal a bit and also to remind myself not to rub my left eye since I’ve just had an injec

Good afternoon all, Julie's daughter Heidi here to explain: The Bell Julie is set to ring on Friday is hanging at the Cancer Clinic! Every person —terminal, newly diagnosed, on their 9th treatment— gets the chance to ring the bell after the have finished a round of radiation! We hope treatments may extend Julie's life and give us as much time with her as we can have. Each round is hard on the body and mind, so ringing the bell breaks it up and allows a moment to celebrate. Ma

Thank you for taking the time to watch! Wishing you a Marvelous Monday!

I say the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary because I need the graces of the spirit such as patience, moral courage, faith, and hope. Joyful Mysteries (usually said on Mondays and Saturdays) The Annunciation (think of the grace of humility) when the Angel Gabriel appears to Mary to announce the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ; The Visitation (think of charity towards your neighbours) when Mary visits Elizabeth whose son John the Baptist leaps for joy in her womb! The Nativity

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Authenticity & Freedom: Letting inhibitions go and being truly yourself, unconstrained by expectations. Baby Grant authentically being himself in 1992: Finding Joy in Simplicity: Discovering beauty and benefit in ordinary things, like rain, even when things are tough. Little Heidi enjoying the beauty in ordinary things, like imitating Poppa (Grandpa) with his cigars: Personal Control: Understanding that you can choose how to react to life's events, turning potential negativit

This “Anthem” style is a gathering song, a rallying of the troops, a calling out to come together for a single purpose to be achieved. For example, everyone knows that at my Band Concerts, my regional workshops, etc., etc., always end with “Let’s Go Band” and I do this intentionally (of course I do because there is ALWAYS a reason & rationale in my scheming and dreaming) thus I always used “Let’s Go Band” as my anthem-style song. The band students knew it to be our rallying-c

I hope you’re all having a great day! On Jan. 6th, I received my follow-up phone call from my surgeon, who was 30 weeks’ pregnant when she operated on me on Friday, Nov. 7th, 2025. She has since had a baby boy, and at this time she is only doing phone consults and if I need anyone, she said that her colleagues in her office would be at my disposal until she’s back in office in April. Yes, a world renowned surgeon like her is not taking a year off to wipe noses; she has people