It was like any other Tuesday –Routine. Work. Long day. Going to pick up my kid from softball practice. Plans for dinner when we get home. Except what was different –Friday is looming. Denial
Chronic. Persistent. Long-lasting. Perpetual. Stubborn. Insistent. Unrelenting. Constant. Incessant. Such is the pain and loss, literal and figurative, of cancer. Surviving comes at a high price. #thisissurvivorship. Chronic. Persistent. Long-lasting. Perpetual. Stubborn. Insistent. Unrelenting.
I’ve been on some emotional amusement park rides the last few days. The rollercoaster. The depth drop. The spinning teacups. The flying swings. You name it, I’ve ridden it. It’s been a little bit
I feel so disconnected today…my head from my body, my heart from my head, my gut from my heart…ugh. I’m foggy headed. I am struggling to put any two thoughts together to make any
“The truth is, you will always find yourself at the perpetual fork in the road. If you go THAT way, difficult experiences await. As do purposeful takeaways. If you go THIS way, difficult experiences
“Isn’t it terribly beautiful? The way this destruction teaches us how to be whole.” -nd. I went on a hike with my family today. We climbed some serious altitude. A feeling of great accomplishment for choosing
“Nobody is too busy, it’s just a matter of priorities.” ? Cancer teaches one MUCH about time; what’s more…about the value of it. “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. When
Two words rise to the top of an incredible list when I think of you, dear daughter. I am grateful you were born. I am grateful you are my kid. I am grateful you
“Empathy isn’t guessing how someone might be feeling based on your own hypotheticals. Empathy is courageously connecting with your own difficult feelings. Empathy isn’t trying to feel what the other person is feeling. Empathy is admitting that you don’t know how they
It’s been taking an enormous amount of work to show up. I can do hard things. I can do hard things. I Can Do Hard Things. The rest will just have to wait. Yesterday