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Truth and Triumph

October 19, 2019 | Loss of a Parent(s)
A loss is something that everyone has to deal with at one point in time. For most, it's during their adulthood ...

It Is What It Is

October 20, 2018 | Loss of a Parent(s)
It is what it is. A short, five word adage that simply means live life in the moment, accept the hand you've been ...

A Letter to Myself

October 20, 2018 | Sibling with Cancer
Dear Grace, Trust me, I know how you feel. I've been there. Your entire world was just turned upside down. Your ...

What Cancer taught me

October 20, 2017 | Loss of a Parent(s)
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 ...

The Six Year Relationship

October 20, 2017 | Loss of a Parent(s)
2015- 2016 started taking turns six years before. The journey began with the conversation that my mom and I had. I ...

Dear Daddy

October 20, 2017 | Loss of a Parent(s)
Dear Daddy, I never told anyone about my experience with your cancer. But I want you to know it before anyone ...

A blessing in disguise

October 20, 2017 | Living with Cancer
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.

October 20, 2017 | Loss of a Parent(s)
"Have grace Madison. Be kind." These words played over, and over in my head as I stood at the exit of my mother's ...