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Waiting on pathology…
Nothing about my pancreas cancer has been typical so far….so why would it be now?
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Medicine….a science
Today they call me a miracle. Everyone remarks how healthy I appear. They tell me, “You look great.” They know what I faced four years ago, how close I was to death. Yet, today I am feeling good, able to function very well and look like I am in perfect health. I give God the…
How to silence the silent killer…
“Real results will be found in a few months.”
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When God answered….
We had witnessed the power of prayer so many times during this journey and this time we needed prayer for peace and strength for not only Tommy and I, but for our family too.
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Where does a dream come from?
It took a team, a lot of work. But, in another way it was simple really. All we had to do was tell our story.
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“Trouble, trouble, trouble….Sometimes I swear it feels like this worry is my only friend”
Apprehension is building to the date of that dreaded scan.The March and June scans revealed spots on my lungs that my oncologist, Dr. Johnson said the chance of a reoccurrence of my pancreatic cancer could be 3 or 4 on a scale of 1-10. With my husband out of town our daughter Lindsay and her…
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Champions for Hope
On a warm June day as I stood at the UNF Arena podium before approximately twelve hundred mourners, I felt a strange peace come over me. I had prayed I could get through the eulogy of a man who changed my life and the lives of my family. A man I love dearly. A man…
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A battle and a blessing
Am I battling for my life? Is the enemy surrounding me and do I have weapons that I raise to fight? This week I read an article written by Kate Granger who has cancer who claimed cancer is not a fight. She said, in her view “the cancer seems to revolve around wartime rhetoric: battle,…
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Will I be here for……
The local greeting card store was not busy as I entered. It was time to buy some cards for the late fall birthdays approaching. The owner, recognizing me as a frequent customer, smiled at me and said “hello”. I nodded and kept walking toward the birthday section. Should I buy just one card for my…
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Purple Stride – 2015
In June, 2010 I went to cooking school in the foothills of the Appenines just south of Florence, Italy with a good foodie friend, Kelly who is here today. We prepared our meals in a 300 year-old stone barn that had been renovated into a rustic kitchen. I learned to prepare tasty meals with limited…