Real stories of post-cancer life—emotional, humorous, and honest reflections on healing after the hardest part is over.
This is the final post in my reunion series–an emotional journey of motherhood interrupted, healing, and rediscovery on the yellow brick road. Yellow Brick Road Through Cancer: Motherhood Interrupted I originally wrote about this journey in July 2021, three months after my double mastectomy and two months after my youngest daughter played the Scarecrow in… Continue reading Motherhood Interrupted: The Yellow Brick Road Back Home
The Hot Messy Middle of a Post-Cancer Healing Journey I survived cancer. I stared it in the face and didn’t blink. I got the BRCA2 badge, didn’t ring the bell–until finally, I did. I got new boobs and lost a few organs. And still, here I am, having a temper tantrum. Where’s the gratitude? Why… Continue reading Post-Cancer Healing Journey: I Survived, So Why Am I Still A Mess?
Currently, we can’t laugh about politics. The squirrels wouldn’t find this endorsement a laughing matter. Okay, maybe we’ll let this one slide. The dog is pretty darn cute. But suffering? That’s even more off-limits to joke about than politics. It’s not funny or cute. We don’t advertise our “complaints” on yard signs—I vote for suffering—and… Continue reading Humoring Cancer – The Healing Power of Laughter
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