“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
“Cancer is not just six letters connected to make a word.” @ThePurposedSailor ‘Cancer’ is so common a word that its value really seems to be only in the letters that are connected to make
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” RUMI Oh, how true this is of my life. Oh, how I deeply value
“Wherever you are, be all there.” Jim Elliot When I was diagnosed, time stopped. As I trudged through treatment, presence in each moment was all I had capacity for. Here in survivorship, I have
“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
“Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Angela Lee Duckworth This quote speaks to me for a few reasons. 1. Grit may be one of the biggest values I hold and
Onco follow ups do a number on me. In my head I can stay rational (for the most part) but my soul and my gut…….those are a different story. In the weeks leading up
In my upside-down world, not feeling well has a whole different meaning. The memories of chemo gut punch my soul. The anxieties of recurrence paralyze my mind. Talking becomes too hard. Thinking becomes even
So, for most of my life, I’ve learned how to compartmentalize. You know, the skill where you put something “aside” because whatever it is that you are currently doing simply cannot be done with