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Multi-awarded actress Maggie Smith was halfway through her cancer treatment when she made Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, starring as Professor Minerva McGonagall.
“I was hairless. I had no problem getting the wig on. I was like a boiled egg,” she said.
The chemotherapy was, she said, “something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself”. “You feel horribly sick. I was holding on to railings, thinking ‘I can’t do this’,” she said.
But she insisted she will “stagger through” the final Harry Potter film, The Deathly Hallows. Let’s just pause and ponder on how awesome this woman is, a true Gryffindor.
I will never not reblog this. This woman is my hero. I’ve seen what my mom went through with chemo. To go through it and still put on such a moving performance is something she should be very proud of.
frankly I’d like to know what happened to the emperor’s previous groove
I need an answer
“That’s the one thing Auburn and Auburn people have always instinctively known and should never forget. We don’t need Matt Hayes or Mel Kiper or Craig James or Rece Davis or ESPN or FoxSports or Brent Musberger or Kirk Herbstriet to validate us.
We are Auburn. That’s all that matters, not what somebody on the outside thinks or doesn’t think.
We are not defined or limited by the perceptions of others. We don’t need a T-shirt from Wal Mart boasting about things that never were to boost our ego. We don’t use our battle cry as a taunt to prop up our self-esteem. Our sense of worth isn’t determined by the number of stickers and flags we can put on our car.
We are who we are. We are what we are. We do what we do. And we’re damn proud of it.”
- The Never to Yield Foundation
(Source: lpstribling.wordpress.com)
Today is sweet Carson’s birthday.
He would have been 18 years old today.
Celebrating birthdays of someone who has passed away is always heart wrenching for me. It reminds me of the first birthdays without Hannah, and I remember the pain and how difficult it was.
But I also know that it is a celebration of every birthday they shared with us on earth. So I am going to view it with a happy heart for the joys that Carson brought to everyone he knew, and Hannah as well.
Happy Birthday Carson, eat the best birthday cake with Jesus for me!!
Edit featuring everyone’s favorite green girl, Elphaba! Lyrics from “No Good Deed” from Wicked.
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