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Category Archives: Life After Cancer
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME: UPSIDE DOWN IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
It’s harder than I thought it would be to write about gifts and gratitude, in the face of this creeping darkness, this foul energy that seems to have tainted everything. Today, I am celebrating the day of my birth – … Continue reading
Posted in Life After Cancer, Philadelphia, yoga
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CANCERCON 2017: WHY WE COME BACK
My state of mind coming to Denver to speak as part of a young adult cancer conference was primarily one of perplexed amusement. When did I become a “leading expert” on adopting after cancer? I am simply one person with … Continue reading
balance regained: an annual event
The unconscious weight that bears down before a visit to the oncologist is never fully felt until after it dissipates, and the lightness of relief sets in. Recent weeks have been a time of intense, measured breathing, of looking for … Continue reading
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MOTHER COURAGE
The last few weeks have been a veritable flurry of activity on the “what the hell am I going to do with the rest of my life” front. Something has clicked over in me recently, as I’ve realized that it … Continue reading
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inhale; exhale
“They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn.” – Bob Dylan Mornings, moments, scrambling toward something, have marked the recent days. Waiting for a switch to flip, for clarity to emerge, literally, from darkness. But it wasn’t until … Continue reading
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the only safe place in the world
There will come a time when my son isn’t waking up each night, stumbling towards mommy or daddy, and whimpering that we climb in bed with him to get him back to sleep. Invariably, one of us ends up spending … Continue reading
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until the end of the world
From the universal and far-reaching, to the personal, the claustrophobic; such was the journey of the past seven days. One week ago, I sat down to release thoughts that I didn’t even know had been gathering; I shared them with … Continue reading
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we are real: for radnor high school, class of 1990
Earlier this morning, I laced up and hit the trail after dropping my son off at school. It was a gorgeous fall morning, my favorite for running. My sleep last night was fitful, as faces and voices from Saturday night’s … Continue reading
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from revolution to evolution: belated thanks to the boys
Four years ago, I wrote with some fairly measured seriousness about the transcendent experience of finally seeing U2, my favorite band of 30 years, up close. At that moment, I was still living in the relatively immediate shadow of my … Continue reading
Posted in cycling, Death, Life After Cancer, music
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finish line
With cancer, unlike a half marathon, there is no finish line. There is freedom from active disease, but never from the threat that it may one day return. So the tests and checkups stand as markers on a road that … Continue reading
Posted in Life After Cancer, Philadelphia, rain, running
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