Some days just have a bite to them. August 25th mauls me…every year. The heaviness of the day, the memories, the pit in my stomach, the ‘off-ness’ invading every second of every minute of every
This was the day that sent me into a hurricane. Yeah, the breast exam early in the month, the car accident and the mammogram/ultrasound each building into the storm that would unleash as of
I got to have a girl’s weekend with one of my dearest friends at her house in Texas. It was so good for my soul to spend time with her, live a few days
Oh August 7. You are a hard day. I find myself a little lofty today…like, floaty sort of. Triggered for sure. Think of an old Tom & Jerry cartoon…Jerry, a slight cheese smell wafting
August starts tomorrow. For me, August holds some painful memories. And August is just the beginning of a whole slew of months with painful memories. So, today, as July wraps up, I wanted to
“I bent until I damn near broke. But that’s the thing about resilience…It shows up just as your soul begins to cry and catapults your strength into over-drive.” Alfa This Day in 2018: 15
“F%#k cancer.” Said everyone ever to be touched by it Sorry not sorry to state the brutal reality of cancer. This Day in 2018: Sad Reality It was a very long and difficult week.
“Cancer is your most feared recurring nightmare. Your most influential teacher. Your most loyal follower. Your most read dog-eared, heart-wrenching, can’t-put-it-down, nail-biting, provocative page-turner with a terribly unfair ending. Your most honest mirror. Your
“I am not hopeless. I am not helpless. I am not worthless. But I am ‘less’ than I once was. This is a brutal truth that many don’t want to admit. Cancer is a
“Sometimes it is about remembering your ‘why.’ Other times it’s about redefining it.” @ThePurposedSailor I think so often we get going so fast that we lose track of why we do what we do—the