cancer widow - Brenda Lee Free

cancer widow

A collection of 8 posts

The 8 Hours it Took to Read 'Our Interrupted Fairy Tale"

The 8 Hours it Took to Read 'Our Interrupted Fairy Tale"

Megan wrote this in her blog about meeting me: Before we parted ways, I offered to send her home with a book. Her cat shaped, blue eyes looked at me with the same semi-apologetic expression I would have given her if she would have asked me the same question, “No

Family is what you make it

Family is what you make it

This week my mother in law is visiting from Winnipeg. My other mother in law. Mom II. Kevin and I were only married a year and a half before he died, so I can't say I had a long term relationship with my in laws. Even though we

Questioning Faith after Death

Questioning Faith after Death

8 years ago today my faith began to drastically change. I was so angry at Kevin's oncologist in Lancaster who told us there was nothing more they could do. I called the pastor of my parent's church to organize a prayer vigil in the hospital chapel

Fighting a Pipeline, Letting Go of Grief, and Celebrating a Book

Understatement of the Year: It's been a chaotic 2 weeks. 2 Tuesdays ago I passed 2 anniversaries: that of funding my Kickstarter publishing project and 6 years since losing Kevin. [embed]http://instagram.com/p/utg6-hNWAX/?modal=true[/embed] Amongst the emotions of that anniversary I become deeply

The Hardest Job in the World

I've always heard that the hardest job in the world is parenting. Mothering in particular. I'm not a mother. For many different reasons, I probably will never be a mother. But I have been a family caretaker and I believe that would be the better description

Grief Train

From 6/19: A friend died today. Angiosarcoma took her life. Just like it did Kevin's in 2008. And I cry, I cry as I type. I cry for this disease that doesn't know when to stop. I cry for her little girls who will grow

Courtesy of the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative

Sarcoma is a Dangerous Cancer Sarcoma is a cancer of the connective tissues, such as nerves, muscles, joints, bone, or blood vessels. It can arise anywhere in the body and is frequently hidden deep in the limbs. Between 15-20% of all children's cancers are sarcomas. However, it is

1 Month

Today is 4 weeks since Kevin's death. I am so angry and hurt. I hate cancer. I honestly hate it. I want to wage a WAR on it-who's in? Today is a tough day. It's been lots of tough nights since last week and