Cancer stole my calendar this week, filling it with scans, lab work, and doctor appointments. But it didn't steal everything. Good results, birthday plans, coffee with Maya, and hope made sure of that.
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Most people would assume cancer or heart disease was the greatest fear I've faced. They'd be wrong. This is the story of divorce, heartbreak, Casey, Maya, and how learning to open my heart again became the hardest battle of all.
Do I believe in soulmates? I think I do, just not in the way most people imagine. This reflection explores love, loss, healing, and the people who helped shape my journey. Some stayed, some didn't, but each left fingerprints on my soul. ❤️✨
Five people. Five perspectives. One question that means everything. I asked people what “I love you” truly means to them and their answers changed the way I look at trust, healing, emotional safety, connection, and love itself. New blog now live.
Today’s prompt was to go on a walk and take a photo of something that caught my eye. I wasn’t on a walk, but this image still stopped me for a moment. Sometimes reflection, growth, and perspective show up in the places you least expect them.
Somewhere between oncology appointments, delayed plans, downtown Detroit, birthday month, and memories that still linger, I’m still learning how to smile through all of it. New injection. Same fight. Different day. Still here. Still writing. Still moving forward somehow.
Honored to celebrate this beautiful new chapter for Agnes and Robert as they prepare to welcome a baby girl this September. A story about hope, healing, love, family, and two incredible people beginning one of life’s greatest journeys together. ✨
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Sometimes life doesn’t break you all at once. Sometimes you slowly disappear into routines, survival mode, and silence until you realize parts of yourself went quiet years ago. This may be the most personal thing I’ve written yet and a fitting end for Mental Health Awareness Month.
What is the meaning of life? These days, I think it’s simpler than we make it. I believe good conversations, meaningful connections, unexpected laughter, quiet moments, and the people who make the future feel a little brighter are what bring the most meaning.
Two years after losing a 10-year friendship during cancer treatment, a random message reopened old wounds I thought had already healed. This is a story about illness, emotional survival, delayed apologies, and learning that some people come back… just not always to stay.
