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NAVIGATING CANCER WITH PURPOSE AND GRACE

5 days ago

PINK SKIES IN THE FACE OF THE DARK VALLEYS OF TERMINAL CANCER

Heartbroken. Taken aback. Numb. It's never a good thing when your Oncologist walks into the room with a sad face, puts his hand on your...

Dec 12

I'M BACK WITH SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS I'VE LEARNED THESE LAST THREE MONTHS

We packed up and put away the Christmas Tree and all the decorations a few days ago. Partly because every year, when I bring out the...

Sep 5

WEARING OUT ITS WELCOME AND GOODBYE FOR NOW

This photo was taken on 9/4/24, almost seven months exactly from the day I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Terminal Colon Cancer at age 53,...

Sep 1

CHEDDAR, CORN & BACON PASTA SALAD + WHAT IS WINNING, ANYWAY?

Walking into the casino, I reached into my pocket to make sure my final quarter hadn't fallen out. It was different than most of the...

Aug 21

BEST EVER GREEK CHICKEN SALAD + WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T

Can't sleep. Can't find your smile. Can't get motivated. Can't pull yourself together. Can't get dinner started. Can't seem to find the...

Aug 17

WHAT CANCER SOUNDS LIKE TO ME: PRIMAVERA BY LUDOVICO EINAUDI

One of my favorite parts of the movie The Holiday is when Miles turns to Iris at the piano and says that if she were a song, this would...

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ABOUT FAITH & VEGGIES

"You have Colon Cancer, stage 4," my Oncologist said, lowering his head and slowly writing "out of 4" on the paper to ensure I understood the magnitude of it all.

I was prepared for this news, since just a few weeks before, I had a tumor the size of a golf ball removed from my colon, and I learned the cancer had spread to my liver. What I wasn't prepared for was...