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This week is our family vacation. We are staying on the third floor of a condo complex in Emerald Isle, NC. Thank goodness there’s an elevator for us to take...

I’m tired. I’ve been tired for a while. I had a very busy month a while back with the flat that I rent flooding in crazy rain that we had...

Even after months of navigating life in the COVID-19 era, keeping up with new information and news can be overwhelming. Below are some of the latest developments surrounding COVID-19 for...

Official Rules, Terms and Conditions for the Blood Cancer Awareness Month Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE...

In today's video, I share some of the unsolicited advice and comments that were made to me and fellow cancer patients as we began and finished treatment for cancer. Have...

Do you hear me? Do you care? From the song: What Are Words For? By: Missing Persons, 1982 The 1980s seem like yesterday to me, but they were over 30...

Is your outlook positive? Do you see the glass half full rather than half empty? I recently had a discussion with my husband about this topic. I expressed worry and...

Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) is a Danish word meaning to be cozy, comforting, or relaxing. Hygge is a way to bring happiness into your life. It could be spending time with...

There is a huge misunderstanding that cancer survivors are a bunch of helpless individuals. I’m here to break down some of these misconceptions as those theories are a bunch of...

Cancer has an effect on all areas of life, there is no one that can claim otherwise. Social life, love life, work-life, even online life, all are affected by the...

Normally, if I have a nightmare about blood cancer, it’s about relapsing. I assume I am not alone. It’s a big fear, and so it makes sense that it seeps...

Gift-giving can be hectic and stressful for many of us and may be more stressful if the intended recipient is a cancer survivor. One may know a family member or...

I recently got to thinking about when I was first diagnosed with leukemia, specifically chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The long and winding road to it I’ll put off until another...

Having a cancer diagnosis has been the most frightening event of my life. Even as an experienced RN, I did not know how to prepare for or what to expect...

It’s been a while since I’ve felt like this. Well, at least I think it has been. I can’t really remember. I know it happens. It comes and goes. Everything feels like...

If you are like me, you’re feeling a need to connect these days. I’m working from home, self-isolating as much as I can. I’m lucky to be home with my...

I think I'm failing retirement. I blame President Jimmy Carter. He and his wife Rosalynn set the bar too high with all of their work for Habitat for Humanity. You...

The experience of a cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. Initially, my oncologist recommended a “watch and wait” approach as this was the standard of care for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Unfortunately, my...

One of my favorite quotes is “life happens to us when we’re busy making plans” by Allen Saunders. Life has a way of surprising you, as things don’t always turn out the...

It’s important to reduce stress in our lives. We don’t have the health, the strength, or the time for a stressful life. But how do we get there? Here are...