Giving Back

I've talked a lot about gratitude in my posts over the years, I've noticed. Maybe because that's when I feel inclined to write. After all, it wouldn't be right to write about the times when I'm angry and frustrated and want to scream at the world. Rest assured, those times do exist. Like everyone else, [...]

Smooth Sailing

The problem with the type of cancer that can be managed-but-not-cured is that you never quite know when to update the masses that the patient is on an upswing and doing well. It's occurred to me recently that I'm always quick to let everyone know when we're riding that cancer train, but not always quick [...]

The Little Things

Hey, readers! Be forewarned. I’m about to get really honest. Books are hard.  They’re hard to write, hard to edit, hard to pitch, and hard to release into the world. Did I revise my book so it’s the best it can be? Did I revise so much that I lost the essence? Am I ready? [...]

The Value of One Year

Can you measure the worth of a year? How do you set the price? In dollars? In euros? In pesos? Can you put a price on it at all? When you get a cancer diagnosis, you find out just how much your time with loved ones is really worth, and just how much more of [...]