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Me and The Ghost
Grief · Musings

Me and The Ghost

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

This is a departure from my cancer talk, but I’ve promised to be honest about my journey, and that includes my mental health journey too. My mother would be positively mortified to know I was publicly talking about this, so in advance – I’m sorry Mom, but silence is the friend of mental illness, and… Continue reading Me and The Ghost

Full Circle
Musings · Treatment

Full Circle

December 4, 2019 singlewhitekidney2 Comments

“Oh, let’s go back to the start.” – Coldplay, “The Scientist” I was 17 years old the first time I stepped foot in Washington, DC. I had barely left the state of Louisiana before then; it was, after all, the first time I had ever left the South. Bright-eyed, with the world set before me,… Continue reading Full Circle

6 Months Later
Grief · Musings

6 Months Later

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

Time. The one thing we never have enough of. The thing that flies by so quickly. The thing we don’t appreciate enough. I stand and look around my life, and I don’t know how time has passed so fast. Somehow, my kids aren’t toddlers anymore; they’re halfway through high school. Somehow, it’s been ten years… Continue reading 6 Months Later

trois
Grief · Musings · Victory

trois

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

Well, we’re here. I didn’t expect to see three years since my diagnosis, much less to see three years with yet another (thank God, literally) clean scan behind me. Three years ago, I felt the walls closing in around me. I summoned up a strength I didn’t realize I possessed. I did not go gently… Continue reading trois

Vaccinating in the name of…
Grief · Musings

Vaccinating in the name of…

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 singlewhitekidney1 Comment

No disrespect intended to Rage Against the Machine, but I need to get this off my chest, because I have been stewing on this since I got the call a month ago today from my aunt that I needed to get down to Baton Rouge as soon as possible. I literally dropped everything in my life,… Continue reading Vaccinating in the name of…

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About Me

32 year old kidney cancer patient. Diagnosed at 29. Wife, mom, writer, marketer, cat fanatic. Loves the beach, music, traveling, and not having cancer.

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