Breast Cancer Survivor Stories: Show Up

Breast Cancer Survivor Stories: Show Up

Today, a lifelong friend reached out to me to share her woes. Her husband has been diagnosed with cancer and the outlook is unsettling. There was strength and humility in her voice. There was searching – for reassurance – and to vent. I think she needed to...
Breast Cancer Survivor Stories: A Lot of Firsts

Breast Cancer Survivor Stories: A Lot of Firsts

The old adage, “you never really know what you are capable of until you’re faced with what you’ve never done,” couldn’t be more true. I have never been fly fishing. I have never been to Pennsylvania. I have never driven a car in New York City. But, an opportunity...
Breast Cancer Survivor Stories: The Gift

Breast Cancer Survivor Stories: The Gift

Those fateful words “it’s malignant” took my breath away. Nearly three years ago, on a cold Saturday night, on the phone in my bedroom closet, my radiologist delivered the words that altered my life’s story. Now, out of treatment, surgery and therapy for almost a...
Dear Ole Dad

Dear Ole Dad

Over the course of the last six weeks, I’ve been off and on caring for my 76-year-old father. He has adult-onset type 2 diabetes, and has lost the majority of his middle toe bone on his right foot in several surgeries over the last few weeks. Tomorrow, we are...

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