"While much attention is focused on us, the patients, the silent casualties of the disease are often the spouses and partners who don't get the internal or external support they need. They're too busy holding our hands...."
I wake each morning with a renewed anticipation of the humdrum things that this new day will bring my way. Everything is an experience to be smelled, touched, poked and prodded. Things I have to do, empty the dishwasher, fold the clothes, wake up my son, and stop at the drug store. The list is [...]
On May 22, I wrote about the New York Magazine feature that included the stories of fourteen cancer survivors living in New York City. If you have not had the opportunity to read it, go to my article Our Stories. The cover picture of the magazine shows 143 survivors standing together on a glorious spring [...]
I go into the business world without a suit, but I always wear my blue pin. I go to family functions wearing my blue pin and I go to baseball games wearing my blue pin. I don't go anywhere without wearing my blue pin. Why do I choose to always wear my blue pin? That [...]
We all have our survivor stories, each different while also having common threads. As we live each day, we continue to write our stories. Some of our stories are sad, some inspirational. Some stories are well written and others are littered with mistakes and stumbling. All of our stories are important, as we are our [...]