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Cancer, Child Loss, Faith, Grief
October 15, 2018
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I Am Not My Child’s Death

We are NOT what has happened to us or what this world says we are. That is not what defines us. While we are grieving parents, that is not what our…

Cancer, Child Loss, Grief, Mental Health
September 25, 2018
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I’m Not Sure How Long I’ll Need an Antidepressant to Feel Normal…and That’s OK

I tried to wean off of Zoloft and couldn’t. And that’s OK. I had never really been aware of the world of antidepressants. My life has been…

Cancer, Child, Child Loss, Health
September 23, 2018
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To the Young Warriors Fighting Cancer, You Are Superheroes

Most people never get to meet their heroes. I have, in fact—I have met many heroes. These heroes didn’t set out for…

Cancer
July 20, 2018
4 Minute Read

Cancer Can’t Take That

“Hi, I’m Martha!” A lady around my mom’s age with tightly curled blonde hair approached me at my boyfriend’s church softball game. “I’m…

Cancer, Child Loss, Grief
July 13, 2018
2 Minute Read

I Wish My House Was Messy

My house is always clean. The laundry gets done quickly. The dishes are rarely stacked up in the sink. My counters are hardly ever sticky and nothing…

Cancer, Inspiration
June 5, 2018
3 Minute Read

How This 10-Year-Old Is Helping Save Lives From Inside the Oval Office

The world of childhood cancer is one you aren’t familiar with, until you have to be. It’s a world where more than 40,000 children undergo…

Cancer
April 26, 2018
2 Minute Read

I Knew I had Cancer Because I Trusted my Intuition

Today marks the anniversary of having my cancerous thyroid removed. This day always makes me think about the power of intuition and, how you should…

Cancer, Faith, Journal
April 9, 2018
5 Minute Read

Having Problems is a Privilege

The smell of smoke alerted me to yet another mishap in our morning mayhem. I wanted to provide some sort of breakfast to my eldest son as he returned…