Houston Methodist Breast Cancer Survivor Shares Journey from Chemotherapy to Egg Freezing

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, her story highlights how genetic testing helped save her life and preserve her future family plans Houston Methodist patient and breast cancer survivor Vanessa Plascencia was a 21-year-old college student when she learned she had tested positive for a BRCA1 mutation, an...

Troublesome Attitude

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Someone thought it was a great idea to give me a birthday gift with a moniker that supposedly defined me: Troublemaker.  Now I’m not saying who that particular someone was, but his first name is Mr. and his last name ends in S K I…. I’d like to tell y’all I...

I’m Caught In a Trap…

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I am officially old.  It’s finally hit me.  I never really thought I was old until now, and the realization cut me in half like pants that are way too tight when sitting for more than 30 minutes. In honor of Mr. Kaminski Day last week, I procured tickets to a grand...

9 to 5

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I did it, and I did it loud and proud, just as she would have done it.  September 25, or 9 to 5 as it will forever more be referred to, was a tribute day to the one and only, the original, the iconic Dolly Parton.  And I jumped on that train quicker than a hobo trying to...

Mr. Kaminski Day

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher ‘Tis the season at Casa Kaminski, and I’m not talking about Christmas or The University of Texas football season, though the latter is totally a season meritorious of celebrating in my humble abode. The season that I’m referring to is the blessed season when a soul...

Captaining Life

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Throughout my life when given the option, I’ve often chosen to be the chief rather than the Indian.  Now I know that philosophy comes with a great deal of responsibility and effort, but I’ve always been okay with that.  Though I absolutely believe in my heart in a...

Ironic Idioms

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I like words.  I like to write them.  I like to read them.  I have my own personal library of favorite books, and yes, I reread them from time to time.  It’s comforting to me, like catching up with a dear friend you haven’t seen for a while. But this fascination...

FOOTFALL!

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I’ve often thought about the monotony of the seasons, especially as I have grown older and time seems to fly by like the speed of light.  It seems that we just get through the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, skid into Valentine’s Day, hop into Easter, then all of...

WWDD or What Would Dolly Do?

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I’ve taken to my bed, precious Dolly is dead.  Not only does that sound like a great hook for a sad country song, it is my current state.  I am tore up. Dolly Parton is a national treasure.  So how in the best nation in the entire world did we let her go?  We’ve...

The Culinary Chaos Continues

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher For the record, Mr. Kaminski is no longer allowed to select culinary outlets for dining.  It’s just not working out for me. Last Saturday while in Galveston, he was on the gumbo train.  I get it.  We were on the coast where seafood abounds.  It makes sense to want...