We have all experienced disappointment to one degree or another. Whether it be not making a team, not getting the promotion, or being given a new medical diagnosis; we all can think of a moment when we felt disappointed – when things aren’t the way we had hoped they would be. I have wrestled with…
Three times a week, for the past month and a half, I have driven to Grand Rapids for labs and cancer appointments. As our van makes its way to cancer center, I see cars whizzing by, and I wonder where are they headed? What does their life look like? Are they driving to work? Do…
As I stepped out our van today in our church parking lot, I strapped on my mask and walked through the all too familiar doors of our church. It had been 2 months since I last stepped foot into a service, but still masked because I had been in chemo the prior two months. It…
Yesterday at my routine Monday, Wednesday, Friday appointment at the cancer clinic, we met with my PA to discuss side effects and test results. We had been waiting to hear back about my inversion 16 test result, to see if that number is finally zero again. Last June, we found out that the CBF –…
Maybe you’ve heard radio commercials about this movie or have heard the rumor mill building, but there is an incredible film coming out that is based on a remarkable true story, called ORDINARY ANGELS. It centers on Sharon (Hilary Swank), a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose…
It has been a long 3 weeks. Three weeks of pain that would sometimes bring me to my last resort: uncontrollable tears. The thought-to-be neuropathy I’ve had in my hands and feet has prevented me from doing one of the things I love: going on walks. The weather has been impeccable some days and I…
