When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, Steve and I had been married for 10 years and 2 months. We had already weathered a few storms together, including job loss, two miscarriages and the deaths of my father and both of my grandmothers, as well as his grandfather. We knew life could hand out downs,…
FAMILY
The Kids are Okay
My mom died two months before I turned 8 years old. Just two months after my oldest daughter turned 8, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then I became a parent with cancer. Life sometimes feels like reliving past trauma in a cruel pattern, only with slight variations. As I child, I spent countless hours…
What Matters Most
We forget that waking up each day is the first thing we should be grateful for. The days and moments of my past now serve as a constant reminder to me about just how precious this life is. And for that, I am forever grateful. “The most phenomenal occurrences of all time and eternity—the most…