I recently wrote a heartfelt essay about living alone and the merits, both personally and culturally, of singleness and the space it provides. That article was published on a Friday at TheHighCalling.org. I responded to comments that day, interacted with friends who read the article, and continued to think about the very full life I […] Read more
The very night I finished radiation, I joined a gym. It was on my list, right before, “Get Pizza for Dinner.” When I mentioned the pizza to the guy who was registering my gym membership, he said lots of people do that. Go hog wild the night they join a gym. But it wasn’t like […] Read more
Ordinarily when I sit in a movie theater with tears streaming down my face and a lump building in my throat, I feel a little silly. After all, the guy ALWAYS gets the girl, and the wounded animal ALWAYS comes back to win the race or save the day or make the winning basket. (Yes, […] Read more
This past Saturday, my mom and I walked for the seventh time in one of many of the American Cancer Society’s Relays for Life. The first few years, I walked because I wanted to support my mom’s effort to help raise money to defeat cancer and because I had friends who were living with and […] Read more
On Saturday, I woke up late because I didn’t set an alarm. And though I had a lot to do, I decided to just sit in the recliner and finish a book I had been reading. In the end, one of the main characters died in a tsunami. I didn’t cry. It was the end […] Read more
Recently, I participated in one of the American Cancer Society’s Relays for Life. My mom and I have been walking together in the event since before my cancer; last year we walked in it while I was continuing to battle cancer. This year, I walked as a survivor. It’s only been recently that I have […] Read more
