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The Halfway House Between Life & Death
Life Transitions

The Halfway House Between Life & Death

December 12, 2021May 16, 2025 Stephanie Ortiz4 Comments

I’ll be serious with you for a change, as fun as I’ve made cancer out to be. There needs to be a disclaimer: don’t try this at home. In other words, don’t go looking for cancer. But sometimes, cancer finds you or a loved one, and then all the jokes stop, and the tears come… Continue reading The Halfway House Between Life & Death

Moonwalking Through My Chemo Daze
Legacy Stories

Moonwalking Through My Chemo Daze

December 6, 2020May 16, 2025 Stephanie Ortiz13 Comments

It was the year of my birth, BC (before cancer), and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon to plant the American flag there. And here I am, in much the same way, moonwalking through my chemo rounds. I get a hero’s send-off (my gratitude chemo board and all those prayers and well wishes), I get… Continue reading Moonwalking Through My Chemo Daze

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I’m Stephanie Ortiz, a storyteller–like a professional organizer; only I use words instead of boxes. I’ve written fiction and nonfiction since being a journalism major at UNC-Chapel Hill–before there were iPhones, to know a story when it hits me. And whenever I need a muse, there’s always real life to draw from.

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