How often do you take an entire weekend to focus on yourself? If you’re anything like me, the answer is rarely if ever. But that’s how I spent the first weekend of February. I was surrounded by other cancer warriors, and had the most amazing weekend of self care at Mary’s Place by the Sea.Continue reading “A weekend of healing”
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Goodbye 2019
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out! I will likely remember 2019 as the most challenging year of my life. But while I spent much of the year dealing with physical and emotional trauma, I also managed great accomplishments. December 30, 2018 set the tone for my year. The first day ofContinue reading “Goodbye 2019”
This Year I’m Thankful
This holiday season I have so much to be thankful for. We found this teal ribbon in our box of ornaments today, none of us know where it came from, but it’s a symbol of the thing I am most grateful for this year: I’m an ovarian cancer survivor. I’m thankful I decided to meet aContinue reading “This Year I’m Thankful”
How I Found Out I had Ovarian Cancer
My mom and I were walking to a small park down the street from my house with red wine “discreetly” hidden in tumblers to talk about my CT results from the prior week. I had a feeling the results weren’t going to be what we hoped for. The look on everyone’s face when I gotContinue reading “How I Found Out I had Ovarian Cancer”