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Survivorship

the weight of surviving

by Jessica Acosta May 28, 2025

you take and you take,
but you didn’t take me.

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No Reason

by Anonymous May 21, 2025

Everything happens for a reason. Oh, you mean that perhaps I needed to be taught a lesson? Let’s explore that.

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Guilt of the Sister

by Yvonne Tou May 14, 2025

Growing up as the youngest of four siblings, I always felt guilt. Guilt that my older brothers, Mark and Ken, had to look after me, guilt that my brothers would protect me, and guilt that I didn’t thank them enough.

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Still I Rise

by Victoria Haveman

Still I Rise, When the tears are hot, And my eyes are swollen, Still I Rise, When pain is a companion, Instead of a visitor

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Playing Russian Roulette with Cancer

by Courtney Smith May 12, 2025

After living for seven months with
No Evidence of Disease,
I spent two weeks
Thinking that I had metastasized liver cancer.

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What, Like It’s Hard?

by Magen Schoonover May 5, 2025

Living with cancer as an adult feels like navigating through a maze of challenges you never imagined you’d face, all while trying to keep everything together—your family, your career, your mental health, and your hope.

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If You Give A Neurodivergent a Cancer

by Allison Perkins April 30, 2025

Raise your hand if you’ve ever read the children’s book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Keep your hand raised if you identify with that curious little house rodent on an incredibly personal level.

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Opting Out of the Grind

by Anonymous

The world will give you no shortage of opportunity. They are everywhere you go.

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It Never Goes Away

by Cody Morrison April 28, 2025

I learned a word this week. Want to know what it was? Propitious. It means favorable, or something indicating a good chance of success; in other words, it means a good omen.

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No Guarantee of the Future

by Kathryn Pilgrim April 23, 2025

Cancer means fighting for your life with no guarantee of the future
Fostering means loving the children in your care with no guarantee of the future.

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