Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day. That line can sound too simple when you’re hurting. But it holds a steady kind of truth, like morning light through darkness, not loud, not flashy, just present. If you’re living with cancer (newly diagnosed, in treatment, or adjusting to remission), you…
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Bad Days Don’t Wipe Out Good Ones: Building a Sane View of Progress
BAD DAYS DON’T WIPE OUT GOOD ONES, BUILDING A SANE VIEW OF PROGRESS When Yesterday Makes You Feel Like You’ve Lost Everything Yesterday knocked me flat. The nausea I hadn’t felt in two weeks came roaring back, and by afternoon I was sure I’d made up any progress from the past few days. I’ve been…
Read moreFrom Pain to Purpose: A Journey Through Cancer’s Transformation
From Pain to Purpose Seven years ago, I didn’t choose this path. Cancer showed up on my doorstep, uninvited and unwelcome. It wasn’t a teacher I asked for, and I won’t call it a gift. Today, after seven straight years of treatment, I face a hard truth: the very thing I tried to escape shaped…
Read moreReclaiming Your Story: Taking Back Control of Your Narrative
For years, cancer rewrote my life. I got so caught in its drama that I lost sight of myself. I was no longer writing my own days. I was going along for the ride while cancer set the pace, filled my pages with medical words, and planned my weeks around whatever schedule the doctors handed…
Read moreParkinson’s, the Unpaid Roommate
Parkinson’s, the Unpaid Roommate Parkinson’s has a talent for showing up early and acting like it owns the place. Some mornings it’s a small tremor in your hand, like you’re auditioning to be a human maraca. Other mornings it’s your foot, glued to the floor, as if the kitchen tiles filed a restraining order. You…
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