Back when I was going to the gym, I would play a game with myself to get through workouts that were wearing thin. Doing intervals on an elliptical, I might…

Today I start Cycle #9 in the 17 cycles of chemotherapy for Ewings Sarcoma.  We are, officially, half way!!!  Wheee!!! Of course it all started before the chemo, there were…

I’m sure I’ve written about fatigue before, but it’s such a bizarre thing when it happens, I like to revisit it. There’s tired and there’s fatigue. Tired causes sleep. Fatigue…

I’m in a weird place. I feel like I should update, but I’m feeling kind of … blah. A year ago I was just coming home from our annual trip…

For those following the saga, Cycle 6 was a 5-day inpatient. It’s most important features were: Officially 1/3 of the way through treatment, My sister arrive mid-treatment (sister #1 in…

We can pray for things (“Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz”). We can pray for people (“Please heal Martin’s cancer.” “Please help me not be such an asshole”). We…

I’ve always liked silver linings. Not for my own gripes, mind you, but for other people’s issues. It can be annoying, I’m sure. You say your vacuum cleaner is broken?…

This whole adventure began when I randomly noticed a bump in my neck this past Thanksgiving. The holidays proceeded pretty normally with a few doctors’ appointments tucked in between. It…

Not too long ago, I was reading a newspaper article about the 2015 winners of Write From the Heart.  It’s a writing program/contest for teens in Idaho sponsored by The…

Forgive me, readers, for I have chemo’d; it’s been 3 weeks since my last confess—update. When we last updated, we’d just dealt with the abscess, and I was feeling better.…