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YA Cancer
Meaning in the Rubble
Just a few months before my diagnosis, at 29, I felt like I could do anything. That same year, I was featured in the Pittsburgh Business Times 30 Under 30 issue, served on multiple nonprofit boards, and managed a national network of nonprofits.
Read More...No Reason
Everything happens for a reason. Oh, you mean that perhaps I needed to be taught a lesson? Let’s explore that.
Read More...War With Cancer
Brain cancer kills. It kills in just more than one way. It slowly started to kill me in 2019. It gave me a glimpse of Death, face to face with his beckoning eyes. He was elated that he could inscribe my name in his book of souls.
Read More...The Freckle Effect
While getting ready for work, I noticed a small lump in my left armpit. Believing I was a healthy, 35-year old female with no risk factors for cancer- I assumed that my body was fighting a germ and went about my day.
Read More...Life is hard enough. Friends can make the journey so much better.
Friends can make the journey so much better. Over the last few years, I’ve had a number of good-hearted friends who knew I had cancer ask me how they can help/support other cancer peeps that have come into their lives, so I’ve compiled a list.
Read More...The Look What Cancer Stole From Me Petting Zoo
This post was lost in our drafts and written over a year ago, while I was getting ready to move from Central Illinois to California. I stumbled across it while taking care of some of our website backend and thought I’d share it…even outdated as it is (I’m completely situated in California now…goodness moving is […]
Read More...10 Things About Cancer in Your 20s
Let me start this off by saying that I read a LOT of Buzzfeed, which means I often think of things in lists. So when brainstorming my next blog post, I figured, I may as well post a list! There is so much that changes in your life when you get cancer, regardless of age; […]
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