Pressing On
An angel got his wings this week. When I first saw Patrick, he was 6 years old. I was picking up my daughter from school and I noticed this boy playing with his friends while waiting in the carpool line. He was a handsome kid with a huge smile, but that was not what got … Read more
Cancer Chronicles – Bittersweet Times
(Note: This is a continuation of a series chronicling the journey through my mother’s cancer diagnosis and the life it has given us.) We brought my mother to the beach for a family vacation. She loves the beach. She lived here for 15 years. She watched her grandchildren grow up summer to summer, vacation to … Read more
Cancer Chronicles – The Quality of Our Lives
Here is a phrase one hears a great deal when dealing with serious or terminal illness: quality of life. It is an interesting phrase — simultaneously poignant, vague, and flowery. But throughout this journey with cancer, we have used this as our centering point. It has been our guiding post through the many and varied … Read more
Cancer Chronicles, The Known and the Unknown
Walk a mile in a man’s shoes … so the saying goes. Only then can you truly understand. When this journey began, I had no idea what to expect. I still don’t. I’ve had friends and family members deal with cancer, so I have watched from afar. But I have never had it so near. … Read more
Life, Lemonade, and the Making of Both
There is a saying, which we have all heard before, ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.’ I have never particularly liked that saying, though I understand the sentiment behind it. This week, I had a strange mash-up of lemons. As I recently wrote, my mom was just diagnosed with cancer. She began chemotherapy treatment … Read more
Cancer SUCKS
I was standing in my kitchen, cleaning the counters, and talking on the phone with my mom when I found out. She has cancer. Cancer. CANCER. What a gut-punch. What started out as a chronic pain thought to be a muscle inflammation problem ended here. Or maybe this is just the start. Or the start … Read more
