I’ve always been drawn to aspects of the monastic life. Not the haircut, although mine is thinning and I’ve been getting it cut shorter in…
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My fingernails are blue Two of them, anyway. My left thumb and pinkie. Got color on them when the lovely Sarah and I got manicures…
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Michael and Kelli Simon have started every day of the last few weeks with the same question: Is this the day? Michael and Kelli have…
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“Most men, they’ll tell you a story straight through. It won’t be complicated, but it won’t be interesting either.” That quote from Big Fish, my…
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Anytime I visit my mom, brothers, sister and their families in my hometown — Racine, Wisconsin — I always, always make a pilgrimage to the…
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When I heard the words “you have cancer,” I quickly came to understand the limits of my mortality. I actually have an expiration date. Time…
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In my cancer advocacy life I’ve had opportunities to do some pretty amazing things. Shared my story at the first-ever Cologuard national sales meeting. Spoken…
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I hadn’t seen my friend Rick Day in about 10 years. It was, I think, the summer after I finished cancer treatment. We met at…
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I’ve written before of my abiding love for The Road, the late Cormac McCarthy’s spare novel about a man’s journey to get his young son…
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My oncologist gave me the best gift I could have asked for this Christmas. He released me from his care. At almost 11 years since…