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  • Gratitude Love

    There is Fun to Be Had!!

    My last few posts have been pretty dark, full of the “hard Eucharisteo” that comes with being grateful in the face of life’s challenges. To…

    December 10, 2015
  • Caregivers Love

    How to Talk to Someone Who is Dying

    As I write this, there are two beautiful women I know who are under hospice care. For both, ovarian cancer has brought them to this…

    December 9, 2015
  • It's Not Harder Than Cancer

    Grateful For My First Book Review

    I’ve been holding on to this while the look of my web site was updated and I did some reconfiguring in my own world. I’m…

    December 8, 2015
  • Friends Gratitude Love

    On Advent: Hope and Gratitude and Loss

    While Black Friday shopping with three nieces, one sister-in-law and the lovely Sarah, I found a treasure I had been seeking for several months: a…

    November 29, 2015
  • Gratitude

    Expressing Gratitude: The Light in the Darkness

    It was a moment scripted for a movie. This morning, I read a beautiful blog post about gratitude written by Amy Montanez, which my pastor,…

    November 24, 2015
  • Fighting Back Giving Back

    On the Front Lines of Cancer Research

    I recently had the opportunity to serve as a consumer reviewer to evaluate research applications submitted to the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) sponsored…

    November 11, 2015
  • Bucket List

    On Becoming a Spartan

    Yesterday, I became a Spartan. I finished my first Spartan Sprint, a 4.8-mile obstacle course race somewhere in the depths of the Fort Campbell Army…

    October 25, 2015
  • Bucket List

    Ready to Become a Spartan

    In five days, I become a Spartan. After miles of crawling under barbed wire, climbing up muddy hills, carrying heavy objects and pulling myself over…

    October 19, 2015
  • Fighting Back

    Joining Imperative with Passion and Opportunity at #CancerLobbyDay

    WASHINGTON — September 28, 2015 — Increase. Co-sponsor. Co-sponsor. Those are the asks we’re making tomorrow when 750 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network advocates…

    September 29, 2015
  • Positive Attitude

    Stop and Look Around. Don’t Miss the Life You’re Living

    The following was originally delivered as a devotional for the St. John’s Lutheran Church Council meeting on Monday, September 14, 2015. Last weekend, Sarah and…

    September 18, 2015
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