At the Junction of Bitter and Sweet

Posted November 14th, 2018

I suppose when I look back on it, it was kind of silly and dangerous that I didn’t tell anyone I wasn’t feeling so well. I had started taking swimming lessons and then the pains in my left leg began. I didn’t think it would be a big deal- just muscle pains from swimming. I […]

Forget Happily Ever After

Posted July 24th, 2017

Like the vast majority of long-term cancer survivors, my story has no “happily ever after.” I survived bone cancer in my right leg over 28 years ago, yet being declared “cancer free” was only the beginning of my journey. When I hear about cancer in the news or on my Facebook feed, the stories are […]