What Cancer taught me
It's hard for me to know where to start with my experience with cancer. I thought I could go on for pages but when ...
2017
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This I Believe
The one thing we have in this world to hold onto is love. As banal as that sounds, it's the truth. Our clothes ...
The Six Year Relationship
2015- 2016 started taking turns six years before. The journey began with the conversation that my mom and I had. I ...
Taylor, You Have Cancer
"Taylor, you have cancer."
Hearing these words as a 12-year old girl quickly began a process of change that would ...
Pioneer
Statistics show that everyday 43 kids are diagnosed with childhood cancer, on September 9, 2009 I was one of those ...
Dear Daddy
Dear Daddy,
I never told anyone about my experience with your cancer. But I want you to know it before anyone ...
Big Brown Eyes
When I was in fourth grade, I met a girl. She had long brown hair that was almost as curly as mine and she had big ...
A Quiet Fear
The sliding glass doors open and out spews the glare of florescent lighting, along with the overpowering scent of ...
A blessing in disguise
It seemed as if I had been laying on the top of Mt. Everest to bathing in the lava of a scorching volcano. I felt ...
Have grace Madison. Be kind.
"Have grace Madison. Be kind." These words played over, and over in my head as I stood at the exit of my mother's ...