The other day, I was checking analytics on my social media accounts and elsewhere and thinking about how to best tell potential readers about my newest book, EMERGING: Stories from the Other Side of a Cancer Diagnosis, Loss, and a Pandemic, when it hit me. My memoir, Cancer Was Not a Gift & It Didn’t …
Metastatic breast cancer
Since it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month again (yawn), it seems like a good time to talk about advocacy in general. Any type of serious illness or other trauma can make a person want to “do” something with the experience. This comes from a feeling of wanting to help others who are, or will be, facing …
Note: An audio of this post is available in my free resource library to listen to now or download for later. We all go through hard things. Such is life. Sure, it seems like some always have it easy, or easier, than we do. Likewise, some have it harder, though maybe we don’t notice those …
When you don’t get responses to emails you’ve sent a friend who’s living with metastatic breast cancer, you start to worry and wonder if she’s doing alright. A couple months ago, that happened. Immediately, I suspected something was wrong. This is the way it is with MBC. A person can seem to be doing okay. …
It’s been 15 years since I heard my mother’s voice. Remembering, rambling, and marking time. #breastcancer #metastaticbreastcancer #advocacy #aging #ageism #family