Living with terminal cancer during the Coronavirus pandemic

cancer coronavirus

  Over the last few weeks I have poo-pood people (like my mother) who were freaking out about the Coronavirus. It was far away from me, not yet in Toronto. Why would I worry? People started posting about their stockpiles; food, water, toiletries, cleaning supplies just in case. I didn’t get it. Why? It’s not […]

Time. That’s all I want.

Time.  It’s a funny thing.  There are times in my life when time seems to be inching along painfully slow.  Then other times when time is going by so quickly that I wish I had a pause button to stop so could really savour the moment(s).  There’s a quote by Buddha that says “The trouble […]

An update

I have some news to share. And as I shared news of my initial cancer diagnosis 3.5 years ago, I am now sharing this. 367 days ago I received the most devastating news when I was told that my breast cancer has spread. Once breast cancer spreads to other sites in your body it is […]

Finding “normal” during cancer #pgmom

Disclosure: I am a P&Gmom. As part of my affiliation with this group I receive products and special access to P&G events and opportunities. The opinions on this blog are my own. When I was diagnosed with cancer last year, I was so worried about my kids. They were my number one priority. I worried […]

Four words to say to someone going through cancer treatments

A little while ago, I wrote this post of what not to say to a woman with breast cancer. I probably could add a few things to that list as could every woman with breast cancer. Scratch that, probably every person who has had cancer could come up with a pretty funny list of comments […]

First Descents is a life changing experience

Prior to my cancer diagnosis, I considered myself a pretty happy person. I always saw the good in people or situations,  and tried to laugh as much as possible. But, I did a few things that didn’t make me a happy person. I would stress and over-react about little things. Like a lot. Blow them […]

My perfectly imperfect body

When I was 4 years old my left arm went through the glass part of the screen door at my house. It was locked, and like most little kids, I was excited to see my dad come home from work and went running. But the screen was locked and instead of opening the door, my […]

Donate money not a #NoHairSelfie

The last few days my Twitter feed and Facebook page have been abuzz with posts about #NoHairSelfie. What is that you may ask? February 4 is World Cancer Day and this #NoHairSelfie movement (if you can call it that) wants people to either shave off their hair so they are bald or take a picture […]

See ya later 2015

This is not the post I ever would have imagined writing when 2015 started. I thought I would be writing about the mundane things I did this year and reflecting on what I can do better in 2016. No one could have predicted that my little, happy life would be shaken up like it was […]

Cancer doesn’t care

Cancer doesn’t care that I’m young Cancer doesn’t care that I have young kids Cancer doesn’t care that I still have a lot of living to do Cancer doesn’t care that I wanted to have more kids Cancer doesn’t care that my life has been on hold Cancer doesn’t care that this is unfair for […]