Thanksgiving this year shines in a whole new light, with a renewed sense of thanks and grace. I couldn’t have known it at the time, but last year’s celebration would be the final “normal” holiday I would have BC – before cancer. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I don’t remember a lot about...
I had an assignment in my Leadership Lawrence class this week to work on a poem for our final retreat. (I can’t believe that’s here already!) I haven’t felt much like writing lately (stupid chemo) but this one got me going, and now I’m sharing it with you. I am from an ordinary life,From...
Funerals are weird, especially family funerals. There’s a strange juxtaposition of the sadness you feel mourning someone you love deeply and the excitement of seeing family members you haven’t seen in quite some time. It was with these mixed emotions that Brian, Rachel and I set off for Fort Worth on January 13 to...
It came time to finally tell my folks about my diagnosis. To say this was a conversation I wasn’t looking forward to would be an understatement. But I was lucky enough to have my trusty sidekick with me, so Rachel and I set out on Saturday morning and headed to Topeka to share the...