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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

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

Survivor’s Guilt
Musings · Treatment

Survivor’s Guilt

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 singlewhitekidney1 Comment

“If they say Who cares if one more light goes out? In a sky of a million stars It flickers, flickers Who cares when someone’s time runs out? If a moment is all we are We’re quicker, quicker Who cares if one more light goes out? Well I do” – Linkin Park, “One More Light”… Continue reading Survivor’s Guilt

Ch-ch-changes
Musings

Ch-ch-changes

August 13, 2017 singlewhitekidney1 Comment

Well, it’s finally happened. My older daughter starts high school tomorrow. GAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! She, the queen of self-sufficiency these days, asked me to help her dry her hair and put on her fake nails tonight. I was tempted to check her temperature. She spends more time on her hair and beauty routine these days than I do,… Continue reading Ch-ch-changes

The Air I Breathe
Musings

The Air I Breathe

October 9, 2016October 9, 2016 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

I was 19 when I became a mother. I didn’t have a child grow in my belly under my heart though. I didn’t endure a difficult labor and delivery. I didn’t hold a newborn, breathing in his or her sweet powdery scent as I rocked the baby to sleep. No, I met my daughters when… Continue reading The Air I Breathe

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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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