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,…
MY STORY
“The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking. It is necessary to go. Through dark and deeper dark. And not to turn...”
The Testing Tree - Stanley Kunitz
The Middle of Things
There’s something about being in the middle of something. It’s hard to get started on a journey, a project, a challenge, whatever it is, it takes motivation and navigating unknowns to begin. But to be in the middle, ugh, it can feel like it stretches on and on, right? There’s only one beginning and one…
Growth: Good Things Take Time
I have this quote in my home that gives me a dose of hope every time I see it. It’s in our family room/kitchen area so it’s easy to see but also easy to miss, because it’s always there. It hangs on the wall, in a place I walk by a thousand times each day….
Growth: Hair & Hope
Have you ever wondered how long it takes to grow back an entire head of hair? From the moment I heard that I needed to do chemotherapy I had that thought. Over and over. I would google “chemo hair growth” and try to visually plan out when my hair would be at a certain length…
My Cancer Story: Diagnosed
The moment I heard the words “you have cancer” my heart fell a thousand feet. My initial reaction was a feeling of hopelessness. However the voice on the other end of the line was kind and careful. She was the one who had first felt my lump the day after I found it. She was…