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Losing My Mother to Pancreatic Cancer

When I was four, my parents sat me down and had a conversation with me. A conversation that at the time didn't ...

Beautiful Pain

Cancer. A word that is screamed, spelled, pronounced, explained, even whispered in pain. My brother is 13 years ...

Dear Cancer

Dear Cancer, It has been over one year since you have taken my mother from me. She is gone, yet your aberrant ...

The Hospital Cafeteria

Now the most comfort I have is thinking what food I will be able to snatch in between appointments. I think back ...

A Whole New Life

The moment they told me I had cancer, I knew my life was about to change. I was twelve years old and in the ...

You Must Be This Tall to Ride

My life is a rollercoaster. I'm just sitting in the cart for this rickety old ride blindfolded, never knowing when ...

No One Fights Alone

About a year and a half ago, my oldest brother, Taylor, the healthiest guy I've ever seen in my entire life, was ...

It Is What It Is

It is what it is. A short, five word adage that simply means live life in the moment, accept the hand you've been ...

My Superhero

I always thought of my dad as this invincible superhero who could defeat anything in his path, and protect me from ...

Andrew vs The Bug

Andrew and I were only born ten months apart but that didn't stop me from proudly wearing the title of being the ...

For My Dad

Searching through the foil covered casseroles that infested my fridge, a yearning for a freshly cooked meal ...

A Letter to Myself

Dear Grace, Trust me, I know how you feel. I've been there. Your entire world was just turned upside down. Your ...

Changing Times

It was a bleak time for my family. My dad was between jobs, my sister was going into her junior year, and I was ...

Cancer Unwrapped

March 13th, 2011. For most, this day was just another Wednesday; However, for me this became the day I will always ...

Life, Death, and Probability; Lessons Learned from a Mother with Cancer

The world we live in is undeniably deadly; if one crunches the numbers, one discovers how everything in our daily ...