So the holiday season isn’t nearly here—it’s HERE, and I’m not sure if I’m ready for it. This year, however, I don’t mean that all the gifts aren’t bought... Read more >>

It was easy to get into the routine of traveling the five miles to the oncology center for radiation. Every morning, shower, no deodorant, (I took to carrying it in my purse) or powder as it messes... Read more >>

I had figured out how to handle the chemo treatments by this time. Sure, near the end is when we all have it figured out! I knew when I would get sick and I planned for it. I was able to function... Read more >>

As I said, I had completed three treatments by this point. My dates on all this is are a bit fuzzy, but it is now Spring and I can sometimes enjoy it. I had been without cigarettes for almost a... Read more >>

I had survived the first two treatments. I had survived! That’s all I can remember. I believe that the side effects were accumulative as some never went away but others got worse. This was a... Read more >>

It seemed to me that as the days went by and I did get stronger, that maybe ... just maybe this would be ok. It’s easy to be strong when your mind is occupied with mundane things, like your job... Read more >>

Yeah, I was high. The first treatment was the worst, not by far, but nevertheless the worst. Was it because it was new and I didn’t know what was happening, or because I waited so long to take... Read more >>

I really felt like I was disappearing. Not just because I’m very fair, now bald with absolutely no hair anywhere. But when you have cancer, it doesn’t take long for people to quit seeing... Read more >>

Every now and again, I have coffee with a good friend of mine who rarely has time for herself. She is a mother of two teenage daughters and a husband with progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Many of our... Read more >>

I found a quote that I really like: “You are as young as your faith, as old as your fear and as long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur, and power—from the... Read more >>