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Cancer

Cancer Update 8.23.25

Some of my most enjoyable conversations over the past two-plus decades have centered on the question, “How can you believe in a God who allows bad things to happen to good people?” In fact, some of my favorite convos have

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Cancer

Cancer update 2.20.25

The veil feels extra thin today… like gossamer or tulle. And while I may be living my best 90-year-old life right now (*snort*), it helps to know there’s a reality so much bigger and better than this present one—a fact

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Forgiveness

I am a forgiver

I am a forgiver because I’ve been forgiven. My filth and my failures filled up every page ofevery book on every shelf of the world’s largest library. Expansive, unedited, detailed and damning, with new volumes added every day.

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Cancer

Cancer Update

I can’t believe it’s been over four months since my last update when I said, “I hope to write another update soon…” I know my silence has been worrisome, so I do want to be more faithful to communicate. But

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Writing Workshop this January

I’ve officially been off treatment for a couple of months, and I couldn’t be more grateful. This extended break has given me a chance to do something I’ve missed doing: teach writing! Below is information about the online workshops I’m

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Cancer

To chemo or not to chemo?

When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, I was adamantly against
chemotherapy and resolved to heal myself with the help of an alternative doctor/clinic/protocol. I’d spent the last decade eating like a nutritionist (“let food be

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