Living

Insurance. It is essential when you have an illness like cancer, and I’m not just talking about medical insurance to help with the finances. When I say insurance, I really...

Long before the Cabbage Patch dolls, we baby boomer girls had Chatty Cathy! Santa Claus brought me one for Christmas in 1960. (My parents ordered her from the Montgomery Ward Catalog...

Being a part of a blood cancer community is not something I ever thought I would do. I actually stayed far away from support groups when I was in active...

It’s hard for me to say what makes my tennis game great on one day, good on another, and pretty bad on others. It has the same variability as many...

This year I turned 60 and on my birthday I made a pledge to try 60 new things. It has been 6 months and I have been very busy working...

Years ago, I helped my mother prepare for her Sunday School class meeting because it was her turn to host and serve a dessert. So we picked apples from a...

My life was turned upside down with my unexpected cancer diagnosis. It was initially difficult to plan for the future. I considered things I would miss or no longer enjoy...

When I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2011 (which, by the way, when I say this, I feel like I’m the old guy telling kids how we did things...

Well, believe it or not, this week is week 32 of pregnancy and I have hit the eighth month! I can’t really believe how quickly time has flown by. The...

“You don’t look sick!” I’ve been told over and over again. Most of my pain is not readily visible. My oncologist had told me that I had won the “cancer...

On July 31, 2007, Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. I was watching and paying attention. As I watched Robin, she...

In case you missed it, check out Part 1 of this series! The adage that “the customer is always right” may not always be true, but it is so much...

"Sometimes you have to buy flowers for yourself!" my friend said. So she does!  My friend, Lynn, frequently buys flowers to cheer up her office at work. Why not? I...

What a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive. Though this quote may not be exactly where I’m going, there is a tangled mess when we deal with...

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written which is odd as I have some mega news and normally I’d be shouting about it all over the internet, but, this...

If you live in Massachusetts but not in Boston, you’re a Bostonian on Marathon Monday. That at least is how I, living 90 miles away in Western Massachusetts, feel. And...

A few years ago, I came face to face with something called liminal space. What the heck is that you might ask? Good question. Quite simply it is the space between...

Dear Carole, I know that you are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. How could you possibly have blood cancer while feeling fine? Is this really happening? You just had...

Being an annoying cancer patient. No one wants to be one. In fact, no one wants to be an annoying anything (despite what my old boss would have you believe)...

Every year comes a new year. Yes, Katelynn, that's how years work. I know! But with each new year, many of us tend to make New Year’s Resolutions. This year...