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The Impact of a Stranger's Love

Today, I stumbled across a YouTube video titled "Who's One Stranger That You Still Remember?". As I watched those reflect on their...

Why "Living Like There's No Tomorrow" is Total BS.

When one of my doctors referred to me as terminal and said that I have about a 3% chance of living past this cancer, I got into this rut...

The Thief of Joy

Every once in while, a new struggle with my emotions arises as I go through with my treatment. Once I work through one obstacle, another...

Having it All Figured Out

I've visited this topic in my post titled Nobody Cares and It's Amazing but just to refresh your memory I basically put a lot of pressure...

What Really Matters in Life

In a society that puts immense value on material items, I want to start off my saying this: No one cares about your status or how much...

Losing What I Thought Made Me Beautiful

At the beginning of my journey with chemo, my oncologist and I talked about hair loss. She assured me that with my treatment, I would...

Selfish Forgiveness

Too often, we find ourselves holding onto resentments for someone leaving us utterly hurt or disappointed. Trusting that everyone's doing...

Being Okay with not Being Okay

I didn't handle my first diagnosis gracefully. I spent the entire duration of my treatment bottling up my emotions of pure anger and...

Facing our Faults

I don't necessarily like all of who I am. Not that I'm a bad person or that I've done anything reprehensible, but that I'm simply not the...

The Choice

Death has been lurking over my shoulder. And at the risk of sounding like I picked up a new drug habit, it feels like a physical being....

Dying to Live

I've opened this document a handful of times with the intention of writing about death. I've basically spent the week staring at the...

What Reaching My Body Goals Taught Me

For most women, the downward spiral toward hatred for our bodies begins the same. From the ripeness of our youth, we're pressured and...

Relying on Others

When you hit rock bottom, one of the first things you feel is the need to reach out a grasp any form of help and comfort you can get. I...

The Importance of Vulnerability

I'm stubborn. If it were solely up to me, my pride would take over and I wouldn't accept help from anyone. I also don't like people...

The Illusion

Something I've hear countless times from friends and family is that they wish I didn't have to go through this. It's a pretty normal...

Guilt

This journey with heart cancer has brought up new emotions within me that I never expected to feel. You may think that you would react...

No One Cares, and It's Amazing

Since I can remember, I've always striven to be the better. Constantly reaching for this award, and that next challenge. I put an...

The Innate Evil

At the time of my first diagnosis with oral cancer, I remember feeling nothing but anger. I was furious at the Universe for putting this...

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