A Very Special Valentine

A decade ago today, my late husband would have been sitting at a morning doctor’s appointment, one I did not know about.  It was at this appointment he would have been handed the test results to support what his doctor was about to tell him.  His cancer was spreading...

Ending Self-Censorship

Even though we’d always had a good sense of our priorities, when cancer entered our lives it became even more clear what mattered most.  A chronic illness diagnosis can be a real wake up call.  For those touched by this kind of challenge, there are fears to be...

Finding Freedom

At the very worst of times during my late husband’s illness, we’d grown distant and apart.  Fear, denial and exhaustion were the bricks in the wall that rose up between us.  It was the only time in our marriage there was a disconnect.  It was painful and unbearable. ...

There Are No Excuses

In my post on September 3, 2011, No Excuses, I  reminded my readers to look for tribal storytellers whose personal journeys inspired them to move beyond the excuses and into living a life of I can and I do. Cancer survivor, Kristian Anderson, did just that in creating...

MLK on Faith

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. When taking true risks, we cannot be one hundred percent sure of the outcome.  There is no way to know for certain how it will all turn out.  There is a point...
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