I take it back…I want out of this crappy place. I hate being stuck in a body that doesn’t work like it used to. I hate that I have pain in every joint. I
Foggy head. A struggle to focus. Dreadful body pain. A stagnation of progress. Complacency to exist. A sadness so very deep. My heart, heavy with memories of waking up in a hospital room, holes
On a walk with a friend tonight, she said something interesting. She was talking about this place in California that she loves to go to because she can just sit and watch the water
I am sitting here counting down the minutes until a live virtual event starts where I am going to be honored by the Cancer Support Community and MyLifeLine.org Cancer Foundation with the 2020 George
I look at life through an “everything has meaning” kind of lens. I’m always looking for the connections, the metaphors that illustrate life, the deeper meanings that come with something as small as a
A, I’m so sorry. I’m sorry you got the call. I’m sorry you heard the words. I’m sorry you’re checking things off of a very unwanted list of directives. I’m sorry for your people.
I launched this personal site today–The Purposed Sailor–3 years to the day that I started daily writing out my cancer story. My heart in this endeavor is to continue to process the wholeness of
*Now, before you totally cancel me for saying that (because it’s weird, I know), I want to explain. First, I tend to say things that some people won’t say, can’t admit or simply don’t