Reflecting after a wonderful evening attending a screening of Wicked: For Good with Colette. After the credits rolled, Kevin McCarthy “geeked out” with Ariana Grande. He asked so many insightful …

Who am I, you ask?

I am the sum of all I’ve encountered, all I’ve experienced
I am the pages of books I’ve devoured
The lessons imparted by the wise teachers
The highs and lows, the joys and sorrows …

Arbitrary or not, I have been trained to reflect and hope around the winter holidays. If I don’t buzz with ideas, it feels like I’ve lost my mojo. I’ve had a tradition of choosing a word for each year …

Dang it! I have so many drafts about other musings, but here I am hitting a trauma wall that I didn’t know existed. There was some confusion about whether I needed a colonoscopy this year, so it …

I had to make my own plans as @cleverdevil is out of town and Colette had musical rehearsal. However, my trusty protest friend joined me. It is always so inspiring to be with people who share your …

Well, I kept putting off this post, because I kept waiting for each test to come back “unremarkable.” Routine cancer monitoring blood work, chest CT, abdomen CT, pelvis CT, Signatera/ctDNA bloodwork, …

You have to be careful with your footing. I’ve recently found a great pt/rehab place that is helping me gain some strength so that when I do have those unavoidable falters I can catch myself. …

In the spirit of leaning into that post-cancer “carpe diem” mentality that I feel like I’ve been missing, I’ve been saying “yes” more than “no” lately. It tends to include clevercolette only bc she is …

One year scans are scheduled for 8/28. Official 1year oncology follow up is 9/10. I’d be lying to say I’m not worried that those are bad news days. The fear of recurrence runs deep.

I am starting to …

So, today I went in for my blood draw for my 3month oncology follow up. I have been feeling mildly nervous about it. I’m still doing that push the thoughts and feelings away thing. However, when I was …