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,…
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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…
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…