Seemingly the possibilities are endless. Upon first hearing ‘you have cancer’ we were forced to face the specter of mortality; in our face and way too close for comfort. Next up was the impac...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2017/03/07/how-many-ways-can-cancer-break-your-heart/
When my son August and I travelled to Sweden in 2010, we visited with my pal Anja, also a lung cancer patient, and her husband Ingo and son Otto. Prior to that visit I had only known Anja online,...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2016/04/01/goodbye-to-a-beautiful-friend/
Early Monday morning—early enough that it couldn’t be good news, I received a phone call from our stepfather Jim. My mother Evalynn had passed away unexpectedly. Mom had been in poor health f...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2014/06/07/losing-our-first-love/
Damn. I knew it was coming but still hoped it would not. Ezra Caldwell has passed, leaving his wife Hilary and dog Putney Sue. Today’s post on Teaching Cancer to Cry captures a bit of this amaz...
Last Thursday I was up before the robins, in order to get Peter ready for a 5:30 a.m. departure for Washington DC with his classmates. After rousing our sleepy boy, I quickly scanned through my i...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2013/04/23/the-world-loses-a-very-bright-light-sarah-broom/
When I was in high school, I fancied myself a bit of a poet. Like many an angsty teen, my own fabulous array of emotions provided plenty of fodder. Sensitive to a fault but determined to put on a...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2013/03/28/my-heart-is-oh-so-heavy/
Lauren Lynch, a new friend and participant in INSPIRE, the online support group for lung cancer that I belong to, posted today about her father’s passing. I was so very touched by her words and...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2012/07/17/to-know-that-youve-done-everything-you-could/
Another good, brave and far too young person has been taken by this disease. Karin was a 32 old dutch woman and one of the first to post a comment when I began publishing lifeandbreath. She also ...