What should you write in a sympathy card?
When someone important to you experiences the death of a loved one, it’s hard to know what to say and do that will offer comfort. Death and grief are awkward and messy. Almost everything about death...
View ArticleEmerging: Stories from the Other Side of a Cancer Diagnosis, Loss, and a...
Well, it’s happening! Finally. My new book, Emerging: Stories from the Other Side of a Cancer Diagnosis, Loss, and a Pandemic, is coming soon! Update: It’s here! It’s only taken me three+ years to...
View Article15 years — remembering, rambling, & asking: Does ageism exist in Cancer Land...
I’m marking time again. 2023 marks 15 years since my mother died from metastatic breast cancer. She died on March 6, 2008. This 15-year milestone got me thinking about a lot of things. So, yes, this...
View ArticleRemembering Linda Catanzaro Boberg — Another Life, Another Friend Stolen by MBC
When you don’t get responses to emails you’ve sent a friend who’s living with metastatic breast cancer, you start to worry and wonder if she’s doing alright. A couple months ago, that happened....
View ArticleIt’s Book Launch Time – 7 Ways You Can Help!
Emerging: Stories from the Other Side of a Cancer Diagnosis, Loss, and a Pandemic is now available to readers everywhere — readers like you! So, yes, it’s official. It’s book launch time! Woohoo! Book...
View Article“EMERGING”– a video synopsis
You know what they say, sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Okay, in this case, it’s not a picture; it’s a video. And I’m not sure it’s worth a thousand words, but… We are, after all,...
View ArticleWatching My Husband Die – by Georgia Hurst
Whoa, you might be thinking. This is a heavy topic for a blog post. Perhaps too heavy for some of you, and it’s okay if this is the case for you. In this space, however, we will continue to talk about...
View ArticleShould mastectomies be called amputations?
June reminds me of many things: my mother’s, and other family members’ birthdays, Dear Daughter’s wedding, other weddings, graduations, summertime memories of all sorts, Father’s Day with and without...
View ArticleYour Hard Matters too!
Note: An audio of this post is available in my free resource library to listen to now or download for later. We all go through hard things. Such is life. Sure, it seems like some always have it easy,...
View ArticleMeatloaf & Last Conversations
Last conversations. Have you thought about them — ones you’ve had, ones you’d like to have, and perhaps ones you’d like to do over? This summer marks seven years since my dad died. It’s been awhile,...
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