Category: Blog

Finding joy in a very non-traditional pandemic holiday season.

Finding gratitude despite more heartache in that sort of a year.

Picture perfect or a recipe for stress? How will you make it through the holidays when cancer is on the menu?

Lessons in caregiving and the power of a beating heart.

It takes all kinds of help to get through cancer. But how do we help solve the bigger problem?

Sometimes, the lessons you learn the hard way are the ones that carry you through life.

Finding acceptance of an ever changing reality as the weeks and months go by.

A role model in life who left a legacy of love offers strength for coping with cancer.

Life lessons from an ancient craft.

The anxiety continues, mingled with self-doubt. What will life throw at us next? Maybe it will be brilliance.

Food insecurity is a very real problem, especially for immunocompromised patients during a pandemic. Being thankful for abundance helps.

Becoming productive in less traditional ways as we adjust to uncertainty, grief and anxiety.

With cancer, uncertainty is the norm, taking some of the sting out of coronavirus anxiety.

Now that I am no longer living the daily trauma of hearing “You’ve got cancer,” I find myself more curious about the “How” of it than “Why me?” I’ve always been fascinated by the mysteries of science. And to satiate that curiosity, I have amassed a collection of partially read and even less-partially understood books… Continue reading From the First to the Last

Reframing the experience helps put cancer in its place.

As Billy Joel says, "It's All About Soul."

Cancer is never a walk in the woods, but like bush-whacking, we make our own paths and prepare for the next adventure.

I may be slow, but I’m beating cancer.