Climbing my Dawn Wall
As I move along my grief journey, I continue to find the days unpredictable. Every once in a while I fall apart for no discernable...
After cancer treatment, missing the war
During the course of my cancer treatment, which from diagnosis to last day of radiation lasted about ten months, I didn’t connect with...
On cancer and courage
When you are diagnosed with cancer and go into treatment, people often find you courageous. It happens all over, with every type of...
Hey, you know, flowers.
So. Four months have passed, and four friends are gone. January – lymphoma. February – brain cancer. March – metastatic kidney cancer....
Permission to feel
I have a question, or three, for you to answer – not for me, but for yourself. What are you not giving yourself permission to feel right...
Beyond the swamp of confusion: What we CAN do about cancer
The latest doubt expressed in the cancer world is in regards to the mammogram, long (and still) the most commonly available and utilized...