What Cancer Cannot Do
There is a saying that there are many things that cancer cannot do. It cannot cripple love, shatter hope, kill ...
2011
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The Unexpected Goodbye
It doesn’t happen how you think it would: no Hollywood dramatization, no flatline buzz, no hectic rush, no ...
The Recital
I am 12 years old and looking for a cello teacher. My mom has been taking me to one potential teacher after ...
Roller Coaster
There is a loud metallic clack-clack-clack as a the roller coaster car begins to climb to its dizzying apex of the ...
Remember This
To My Future Self,
I hope you are reading this some time in the future. I am 16 now, and there are some important ...
Personal Essay
Tumor- the word held little meaning at first. Bone tumor meant even less. Both terms were foreign until I entered ...
Omertà
Six years have already passed. Six years during which she made a vow to this code of silence. If in Sicily, one ...
Cancerous Child
It all started back a while
When I was just a child
Dancing, laughing
Learning, growing
Was what my life was ...
Angel in Disguise
The summer of 2004 was the first time we met. I had just become the owner of a brand new bike and was giving it a ...