

What's Behind Us and Before Us
Three years ago, I started making a vision board between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Quite frankly, I had considered it to be part of my cancer treatment since imagining myself to be whole and healthy again had become a regular ritual. I set about cutting out motivating images, positive affirmations, and healing slogans from the magazines I had stockpiled and glued them onto a small poster board; then, I placed it in my closet where I would be sure to see it on a daily basi


This Christmas is Different
It is Christmas Eve, and I am in a bit of a panic. I have made dozens of attempts to write a blog , which felt worthy of the holiday, but I ended up deleting one sentence after another. Most of it felt superficial and clichéd. I attributed it to a bit of writer’s block, coupled with chemo brain, but in truth, I think it is more than that. This has been one of the most challenging years of my life, and I know that I am not alone. Collectively and individually, we have experien