Remission Is Not Intermission: Finding Peace After the Cancer Scans Stop

It is coming up on three years since this health journey arrived and moved into my life without asking permission. Since then, I have made changes. I have tried to remain consistent. I have eaten differently, moved more, taken the pills, worn the mask, kept the appointments, endured the scans, and learned more about my […]

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Living in the Shadow of Cancer: An Honest Look at Survival and Loss

“This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines and the hemlocks…” Wait. Are we sure this is how all great pieces of writing are supposed to begin? Over the past few months, I have tried my hand at prose. Well, writing. Let’s not get carried away and start handing out velvet smoking jackets and literary […]

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Just Another Day

If it can be messed up, I will manage to do it. I do not say that as a complaint. At this point in life, it is almost a skill set. Some people have hobbies, whereas I have field experience in things going sideways. This morning started early. Not noble early, not inspirational early. Just […]

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