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How to Juggle Cancer and Parenting Series: Ari’s Story
Be as honest as you can with your children. They will know something is wrong. If you talk to them they will be less fearful. I think the unknown is more frightening than the truth.
The Big C and Me: My Cancer Story
My cancer story: a collection of my blog posts and articles about my battle with breast cancer.
Team Sakura and the Tour de Pink
And so they ride. Team Sakura rides to get back at cancer, they ride to support each other, and they ride because they can.
Remembering Candice
We talked about how difficult it is to describe Candice, and have people really understand just how awesome she was, or how deeply her absence is felt, about the urge to insist, “But you don’t understand! This was CANDICE!” Of course people didn’t understand, unless they’d met her. You only had to meet her once to really get it.
Tour de Pink
Cancer didn’t make me stronger; it sapped my strength like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. You know what made me stronger? Having to make tough decisions and stand by them. Calling bullshit on bullshit. Moving forward despite the fear. Getting up every single day to be a mommy to my little girl, no matter how […]
Taking back October
My friends are dying, and it’s not for lack of awareness. We don’t need more awareness. What we need is a cure.
Normalizing – in a good way
“People give you 3 months to mourn, and a year to have cancer, then they expect you to get back to normal.” I don’t know where I heard this quote first, but I’ve experienced the truth of the statement both in terms of mourning and cancer recovery. It’s not that I’m faced with the reality […]
Labyrinth
Thich Nhat Hanh said: “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” This weekend, I’m planning on making a few laps around this tree with that thought in mind. This labyrinth, and the Harmony Hill retreat center where it resides, is one of my favorite places in all of Washington. I’m also […]
