I'm Alive and well. Time is a funny thing. There are days that feel as if time is infinite. Then you realize you are the parent of two...

"And I know love needs the pain Memories serve our sweetest refrain" Heading toward the third anniversary of my cancer diagnosis. I am...

The seasons, they go round and round. This Joni Mitchell song has been running through my head for months. Hard to believe it is almost...

I am usually a relatively positive person, or at least I am able to just keep busy. Mind over matter if I can find the energy to do it....

There's a passage in the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go" that talks about the waiting place. For everyone that's waiting. ...

I have always loved waterfalls - well really anything involving water. Maybe it's cause I am a Scorpio. But I feel like the last 14...

Well - today's the day. It's the one year mark. The day my calendar changed forever. When I look back in my phone calendar, there's a...

As you have probably figured out by now, most of my blogs start with song titles. Though this isn't the actual song title from the...

Sometimes life takes us places we would've never predicted. Sometimes those places happen because of good things. But other times, the...

Cancer should be called something else. Somewhere in the name of this horrible disease should be the word "wait" because so much of the...

It has now been almost 8 months since my cancer diagnosis. In some ways time has moved quickly! How has 8 months passed? In other ways,...

Guns and Roses sang about it. The bible says it's the fruit of the spirit. My bestie tells me not to pray for it or God will give you...

As I write this blog, America is waiting to see who will be president from 2021-2024. I, meanwhile, feel like I have spent the last 4...

Every year at the beginning of school my principal asks us to choose one word. This word is supposed to be our "mantra" of sorts for the...

Today was treatment #17 - 4 more to go! I learned today that I am headed into the "boost" portion of treatment. According to the Susan...

At the end of today's treatment I am officially halfway through radiation. A brief update for those interested: Luckily, not TONS of...

Day 1 of radiation. I was pretty nervous - as Elsa sings I was, once again, heading into the unknown. It was a piece of cake - at least...

I had an appointment with Dr. K, my radiation oncologist, today. I love Dr. K. He is so smart and he loves to talk about everything. ...

Follow-up appointment today. Pathology showed no more surprises. Because my cancerous area was so small the surgeon took two areas...