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Love Survives

When I was eight years old, I saw “The Christmas Shoes,” a touching movie about a family’s struggle with cancer, ...

Holding On

My mom is petite, no taller that five feet two centimeters tall, but she stands stoically and proudly. She has ...

Better Than Before

As I sat in the car on the way to the shop, I thought about the purchase I was about to make. Possibilities filled ...

What Cancer Cannot Do

There is a saying that there are many things that cancer cannot do. It cannot cripple love, shatter hope, kill ...

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 ...

My Essay

“It’s not a pretty story.” She says, and takes a bite of food. I smile. “Go ahead and just tell me.” “Okay, well, ...

Little Lead Soldier

Christmas morning 2009 started early as usual. My Aunt came into my room at the crack of dawn to wake me up. I ...

My Essay

“It’s not a pretty story.” She says, and takes a bite of food. I smile. “Go ahead and just tell me.” “Okay, well, ...