I see you. I see you, long oxygen tanks on each side of you. I see you seated at the computer, waiting your turn for an MRI. I see your head shaking with tremors. I see the oxygen line running from the tanks to your nostrils. I see the tremors running all the way through […]

When life is overwhelming… When you can’t get out of your funk…. When all you can think of is heavy, deep and real… When you’ve been disappointed… When your dreams have been dashed… When everyone seems happier and more peaceful than you… When you can’t remember the last time you laughed hard… When adults act […]

Most of high school I weighed 126 pounds. Most of college I weighed 132 pounds. When we got married in June 1998, I was down to a new low of 126 pounds. (I lost 5 pounds the week of the wedding due to crazy busyness. That was, no doubt, a one-week low.) After college, but before babies, I weighed a steady 141 pounds. […]

Well, friends! I thought I was on sabbatical from eye cancer posts until late May, but no surprise, the story continues to unfold. Two nights ago, my husband had his first visit with the optometrist since his surgeries and radiation for choroidal melanoma. The primary purpose of the appointment was a thorough post-op vision exam, but […]