Cancer, Chronic Illness and Pain

To Climb Mountains

When you are in the mountains, you find out who you really are. Any mistake I make…
The Wisdom of Teeth

I closed the restroom door behind me softly, turning the lock with a shaky hand. My…
Straightening Pictures

The pictures on our walls are crooked. November was a tidal wave that crashed through our…
I Wouldn’t Want You to Think….

I have a secret. I’ve been told to keep quiet about it. Not that I didn’t…
Enter the Dragon….Again

Personal power isn’t something we give up all at once. It is chipped away at, little…
The Sorrow of Bees

What I still find myself wondering–obsessing over really—is this: how did she make her peace with…
Five Years = Cured?

They say that when you have made it five years past a cancer diagnosis without a…
“Do you think things happen for a reason? Or are we just creatures vulnerable to the world?”

(This post is a copy of a correspondence between a friend and I about living with…