Cancer in a far away land…
She lived with cancer for 7 years. It was a real struggle some of the time, when the disease was fully present in her body and her treatment options were few. That’s because she didn’t live here in...
View ArticleThe night before…
I didn’t know it, but this was the night before… Death had come knocking a few times and he had always been able to push it away. His doctors had rallied and pulled him out of bad situations. He’d...
View ArticleSo much to learn…
So, here I am; beginning again. Every time another year after honoring Leroy’s passing, I think about how I’ve changed. How has this past year been different from the year before and the 8 before...
View ArticleWe try so hard to be strong…
What is it about loss that makes us feel like we have to heal quickly and begin again? Really. It’s expected of us to have our moment of sorrow and I’m not talking a ‘moment’, I’m talking many moments...
View ArticleYou can hide from the wind, but you RUN from the water
We really didn’t have a choice, we were going to stay and hope for the best. We were journalists who were in the path of the hurricane, so not only were we going to stay through the storm, but then...
View ArticleBeing the ‘one’ in a group of ‘two’s’…
There are no rules to follow, no handbook you can buy, that gives you real guidance on how to find a new ‘someone’ after losing a spouse to cancer. In fact, some of us go for years without thinking...
View ArticleMaking friends…
I watched it happen twice today, perfect strangers sharing the cancer experience; talking, exchanging stories, and actually hugging each other when they part to enter an exam room where their doctor...
View ArticleDo you ever really stop….
Do you ever really stop going through memories of a life once lived? One box leads to another and another and then opening a zipper to find a tape recorder, YES, A TAPE RECORDER, that spent a lifetime...
View ArticleThe Little Warriors
There are so many special nooks and crannies up on the children’s cancer floors. This area for the littlest victims of cancer is a state of the art center when it comes to medicine and science, but...
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