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Artwork and Poems
Seeing Beyond the Labels
If you were to visit the social media page of a cancer patient who openly shares their diagnosis, I’m willing to bet $5 that their comment section would resemble something like this: “You are so brave!”; “You are so strong!”; “You are an inspiration!”; “You are a warrior!” Seemingly well-meaning comments that end up feeling less like compliments and more like expectations.
Read More...Finding Beauty After the Storm
When I do see me here,
I SEE ME.
Who has battled for MY life twice.
And who finally SEES beauty through MY journey. Not just with flowers, but MY scars have become marks of strength and hope.
Aspects of Adjustment
I was in the middle of a singing lesson during my senior year of high school when I started having trouble gathering enough breath to hit the notes correctly. “It’s probably just the winter season cold and I’m still learning how to use my voice,” I thought.
Read More...The Bubble – Life Comes to a Screeching Halt Because of Cancer.
Can I keep working? What do you mean I might be too weak? What do you mean my immune system will be susceptible to germs? Will I have to leave school? What about my athletic scholarship?
Read More...How Writing Has Helped Me Live
I clearly remember the first time I read a book. Not a children’s book but a real novel. You know? My reading experience happened during what I call LBC or Life Before Cancer. I was 12 years old and it was a magical experience. The pages turned themselves.
Read More...Failed Magic Tricks
I’m in line trying to buy my vegetables and pay the cashier but when she says it’ll be $62.48, I shut down. I remember I have cash and I fumble with it and I hand her the money and when she says I’m $12 short I fumble some more to count the money and I […]
Read More...Being a Kid Again: Making a Bird-feeder
I made the feeder as a present for my father who is an avid bird watcher, so we tied string to it and hung it on a tree. It made me feel like a school girl again to do craft projects and bring it home to my family.
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