Until recently, some of you may have not experienced much trouble. Troubles were… for others. Then suddenly and without notice, trouble showed up at your door; but this was inevitable. Someone has rightly said, we are either in trouble, coming…
During Joe’s chemo treatments, I remember asking nurses, “Has this chemo worked for others?” They would answer, “Take it a day at a time.” Or, “Just enjoy every day you’re together.” And, “We are all dying.” Somehow at the time,…
When you’re fighting cancer, advice abounds. Everywhere you turn, someone is telling you about a treatment or supplement that cured someone, or the perfect book that will get you through the experience. This is not a bad thing, as the…
Blue Christmases happen. I don’t have raw statistics to prove it, but for those battling cancer, the sense of isolation is usually greater during the holiday season. Cancer takes no holidays. It’s impossible to forget the Christmas that I was…