I got an email from a friend after I first got diagnosed. It was a lovely, thoughtful message and in it, this friend lamented my “bad...

Yesterday my computer reminded me that it was Independence Day. Not sure why I needed that reminder. Pretty sure I could have figured it...

I’ve been gaining weight the past month. I was getting my IV unhooked on Friday, and I asked them about it. They said they were going to...

Chemo is boring. It’s like having to watch three French movies in a row. “I’ve sat here all day, nothing happened, and now I feel sick.”...

Sometimes a couch is just a couch. Other times, it is inspiration. One of the major themes of our time in Atlanta, besides cancer and...

When I was in college I back packed across Europe. One day I was talking to someone from France and they said, “Americans hate Sunday...

“Why is there a copy of The Asheville Times from March 10, 1957?” asked my mother. Those are the things you ponder when you are going...

This morning Jaimie asked me to help her carry boxes of school supplies out to her car. I said, “What about my cancer?” She shook her...

“You might feel like you’re wetting the table,” the nurse said to me. “You mean it’s going to feel like I’m peeing on myself?” I...