Joseph Fischer Memorial Scholarship
We haven’t mentioned this in quite a while, but I want to thank those of you who have contributed to the Joseph Fischer Memorial...
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Lori
- May 27
- 1 min
Labs Jingle
We are still finding treasures on Joe’s computer that we haven’t seen before. Jeff discovered this little jingle the other day (and I can...
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Lori
- Feb 12
- 1 min
Breathe In, Breathe Out
Do you ever realize you haven’t taken a breath in a while? I mean literally. I had that experience many times during Joe’s cancer...
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Lori
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
Fine...ish
I had a dream about Joe the other night. He was a little boy, about five years old. There were a lot of people milling about and Joe was...
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Lori
- May 21, 2021
- 2 min
I Miss Your Voice
Dear Joe, Guess what? Jamie’s getting married! Or maybe you already knew that? I’m not really sure how things work where you are… Anyway,...
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Lori
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
Thoughts on Healing
I was going through some personal files the other day and came across some notes from my own doctor visits during Joe’s decline and soon...
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Lori
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
"Fred"
Get OUT! Get away from me! You’re all FIRED! Get the #&%@ OUT! Joe’s hospital roommate—we’ll call him Fred—raged unceasingly at the...
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Lori
- Aug 10, 2020
- 2 min
Making Decisions
When I was a brand new mother (oh, those were thrilling, exhausting days!), I wanted so badly to do everything “right”. I read books...
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Lori
- Jul 11, 2020
- 2 min
Momentary Affliction
Six years ago today, I received a phone call from a doctor who told me my son had an aggressive, inoperable brain tumor. These...
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Lori
- May 13, 2020
- 3 min
Many Mercies
I belong to an online group for people who have lost family members to glioblastoma. As I read about the distress these dear people...
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Lori
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
Loss and Determination
Over the course of Joe’s three-year cancer journey, he was forced to give up many things: driving, marital arts, long hikes, leading...
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Lori
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
My Family (by Joe Fischer)
Here’s another gem I came across the other day. I believe Joe wrote this in early 2014 (just before his diagnosis): My Family by Joe...
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Lori
- Jan 20, 2020
- 1 min
But I Don't Feel Brave
They said I was strong But I didn’t feel strong I felt weak and tired and confused They said I was brave But I didn’t feel brave I felt...
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Lori
- Dec 24, 2019
- 1 min
A Few of His Favorite Things
I often hear the Rodgers and Hammerstein song My Favorite Things around this time of year. Not sure why it’s included with Christmas...
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Lori
- Nov 22, 2019
- 3 min
Legacies and Last Days
Today I am remembering the final days of Joe’s life. We brought him home from the hospital for the last time in mid-November of 2017....
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Jamie
- Nov 12, 2019
- 2 min
An Open Letter to That UCI Nurse
I’m sorry now that I don’t remember your name. You were on shift that day in late October when my dad, my sister, and I joined my mom...
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Lori
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min
The Glass Harp
Joe had a fun creative streak and often recorded unusual sounds to use in his music (he called it sampling). I remember one afternoon I...
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Lori
- Aug 28, 2019
- 2 min
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August 28. Another birthday… I’m sure these special days will get easier with time, but for now they still bring a tinge of sadness, and...
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Lori
- Aug 14, 2019
- 2 min
Moving Forward
For several years I came close to allowing myself the identity of “the mom whose son has brain cancer”. Then it was “the mom whose son...
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Lori
- Jul 17, 2019
- 2 min
People
The first day Joe was at UCI (the large university hospital we transferred to after a week at our small community hospital), our good...
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