I got an email from my dentist about a new cancer screening procedure. I read it thoroughly, and am paraphrasing it here for you: Oral...

As I get older, more and more people die, which makes sense, since we are all getting older. But cancer has spotted the losses in my life...

I have a friend who wasn’t acting herself. She was extra quiet, almost “soft”, if I may. She was acting mushier toward her children, more...

I write this as it seems to be continuously raining at my house. Pacific Northwest Rainy Season. I just got back from walking my kids to...

We finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. This pandemic looks like it is nearing its transition to an endemic (oh please let...

Once the cancer is gone the journey of recovery begins. There are finally hours in a day that I forget I had cancer. Recently, I had a...

I have survivor’s guilt. Its more than that, though. I have guilt that I didn’t have a harder cancer – one that required radiation and...

It's another Sunday on the calendar. I got up like usual, slid my slippers on and shuffled to the bathroom to start the day. Wandered...

I recently had an annual test done – a pap smear – which is a screening procedure that detects cervical cancer. It turns out that because...

October 4th is a day, like most other days. Sometimes it’s a Monday, sometimes it’s a Thursday. It’s the day people are born. It is the...

I am a historian by training. I follow several historical associations on social media. This can sometimes – honestly, most times- lead...

I know that for many, the pandemic is starting to wind down…. (here’s hoping for all of us soon)….so we can feel better about going back...

Its pretty rare I will throw a blatant sales pitch at anyone.....but here is my only one (promise)......I wrote a book about my journey...

For most of my life since puberty, these bra and bathing suit inserts have been in my life. It’s not a push up. It’s not really padding....

So we’ve been in a pandemic 18 months. Seems like years at this point, but it’s only been 18 months. And I don’t know this because I have...

There is a little bunny, my kids call him Bunbun, who loves the grass in the backyard. This bunny also liked to bite off the white...

Control is something I struggle with a lot in life. I am not sure I noticed how much I struggle with needing to control something - not...

......and I don't feel bad about it at all. I have been dealing with these constant heart palpitations since January. They landed me in...

It was all unexpected - and yet totally expected. I ended up in the ER on Wednesday night with a racing heartbeat and irregular heart...

Since this pandemic started, I think its safe to say we have all looked beyond our regular bag of tricks to find some different...