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  • Surviving

    Smoke and Mirrors, Survival and Resilience

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    August 4, 2021
  • Gratitude

    Even in 2020 there is much for which to be thankful

    There are 18 days shopping days until Thanksgiving, and I’m concerned about my social media friends, and myself for that matter. Historically, my Facebook feed…

    November 8, 2020
  • Surviving

    Keep F’ing Going

    The return of Standard Time, that whole “fall back” thing, feels like a slap in the face in 2020. As if a newly resurgent uncontrolled…

    November 3, 2020
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    It’s Always Something

    Gilda Radner was right. It is always something. When cancer treatment ends, that doesn’t mean cancer is over. The side effects linger, some of them…

    September 24, 2020
  • Fighting Back Hope

    Black (People Who Get Cancer) Lives Matter

    Today is National Cancer Survivors Day, a day intended to honor and celebrate life after cancer. I have to admit, I wasn’t really feeling it…

    June 8, 2020
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    Anchored by Hope

    Tonight was the perfect bookend to an amazing, breath-taking and fulfilling season of cancer advocacy. I got to spend time with my buddy Lewis tonight.…

    September 11, 2019
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    A new urgency to my mission

    A friend’s family will gather this weekend to celebrate Christmas more than three months early because a family patriarch is unlikely to be here come…

    September 4, 2019
  • Bucket List Gratitude Hope Love

    So this is 50!

    The coolest thing happened today. I turned 50. The popular zeitgeist tells me I should be mourning the loss of my youth because as a…

    March 23, 2019
  • Thriving Tribe

    I like lifting heavy things

    In my last post, I wrote about giving up running — and, really, any long-distance cardio. But that didn’t mean I gave up on my…

    January 17, 2019
  • Bucket List Friends Hope Thriving

    Boxing Up Some Personal History

    I boxed up a bit of my history today.  I was a runner for 15 years. 2001 to 2016. Okay, I was a “wogger,” a…

    January 6, 2019
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  • The power of connection, even when it hurts

    September 12, 2024
  • In remembrance of my mother-in-law

    August 30, 2024
  • Following my heart means making a change

    July 30, 2024
  • On sacred ground and listening to the still small voice

    June 17, 2024
  • It always comes back to this: the human connection

    June 4, 2024

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