The Gift of Cancer (& Other Tales)

My life story seems full of clues which, like those in a mystery movie, are only recognized as having significance in hindsight…my bet is th...

There have been many complaints about the inability for people to easily follow my blog.  I can't explain why blogger's "follow...

Today is not the first day of the rest of my life, today is the only day of my life.   This moment, right now, is all I have and all I’ll ev...

Well it has been a long time since my last post, and while there are some practical reasons for the delay—namely that I’ve been waiting fo...

I'll never forget the moment in late July that I found out my melanoma was back.   It seems like a lifetime ago, and yet it was only a...

I'm preparing to live Believe it or not, desiring life is just as difficult as preparing to die. Hope is painful, it takes more coura...

I’m Preparing to Die I’m preparing to die, the very process of which is preparing me to live.  Each day is precious, each moment is preg...