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    It’s Been March Madness Indeed!

    The last six weeks have been a wild and amazing ride. I can’t believe this is my life. Here are the highlights: February 22: My…

    March 30, 2015
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    Ending Cancer By One Degree

    It was once fashionable to discuss “six degrees of separation.” The idea is, or was depending on your view, that just six people separate us…

    March 11, 2015
  • Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: February 28, 2015

    It’s been a big week. So much that is wonderful has happened. My book got published, I was officially announced as chair of the Subway…

    March 1, 2015
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    Gratitude Journal: February 25, 2015

    Gratitude. So very much of it. 1. The meeting must go on. I was supposed to travel to Dallas yesterday to be part of a…

    February 26, 2015
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    In All Things, Balance

    My book has been published and is available for digital download! It’s a dream come true for me. I’ve wanted to write a book since…

    February 22, 2015
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    Sowing Seeds of Happiness to Commemorate an Anniversary

    I’ve come to like making a big deal of a couple cancer-related anniversaries — my diagnosis date, which I call my “cancerversary,” and the last…

    February 21, 2015
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    The Art of the Handwritten Note: My Lenten Challenge

    The season of Lent begins today. Sadly, because of the crazy weather impacting East Tennessee, Ash Wednesday services at St. John’s Lutheran Church were postponed.…

    February 19, 2015
  • Gratitude

    Michael Holtz’s Gratitude Journal: February 17, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Snow day. The three-day weekend (my office was closed for President’s Day) was extended by a day…

    February 18, 2015
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    Gratitude Journal: February 13, 2015

    The things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Great conversation with my colleague, Ben, about the whole Superman thing (long story short: my doctor calls…

    February 14, 2015
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    Gratitude Journal: February 9, 2015

    Big stuff to be grateful for today: 1. My book, It’s Not Harder Than Cancer, is really and truly done. My editor, Nan, did a…

    February 10, 2015
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