Books are kind of my thing. I’m reading three of them right now. One is a gift I’m giving to a friend (I’m reading it first. Shhh…don’t tell), One is a spiritual growth kind of book and one is just a sitting on the deck reading for fun book. Over the past couple of…… Continue reading A Cancer Book Worth Reading – Warrior In Pink by Vivian Mabuni
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Music and The Comforter of My Soul
I have no idea how it works. I’m a mediocre singer. I took piano lessons for five years and the only thing I can play is the first several measures of Could’ve Been by Tiffany. But somehow, when God created music, He made a salve for the human soul. My 10-year-old sings himself to sleep…… Continue reading Music and The Comforter of My Soul
In the Dead of Night – A Mastectomy Story by Jane DeShaw
2:36 a.m. The February night is moonless, black, as you turn your head to the left and gaze out the second-story window. The limbs and leafless branches of the huge maple tree just outside are like cold, barren, groping arms, sinister in the streetlamp’s dim glow. Lying flat on your back in bed, each arm…… Continue reading In the Dead of Night – A Mastectomy Story by Jane DeShaw
How American Idol Cracked Open the Cancer Wound
You never know when it’s gonna hit. I haven’t even given cancer much thought recently. I just live and write and buy groceries and do boy mom things and complain about the nine inches of mid-March snow that the weatherman did not forecast. And it’s good. I like this life God has given me. I’m…… Continue reading How American Idol Cracked Open the Cancer Wound
Wildfire Magazine – For Young Survivors and Fighters of Breast Cancer
I’d like to introduce you to Wildfire Magazine. I came across it while doing some breast cancer research online, and it’s a fantastic resource. Real stories written by real women who’ve had a wide variety of experiences with breast cancer, from the early stages all the way to Stage 4. This month’s theme is Infertility,…… Continue reading Wildfire Magazine – For Young Survivors and Fighters of Breast Cancer