Tagged as: blessings

Why Illness Is Not A Flaw

Posted March 13, 2012
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When I look down at my arm and see scars, scabs, lumps, swelling and a big ol’ crooked middle finger it is easy to judge it. Sometimes I feel like I’m damaged goods, and would give anything for my left arm to be “normal” like my right one. But when I think deeper, past the… Read More

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Looking for happiness in all the wrong places

Posted January 11, 2012
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Why is it that it takes something as dramatic as a cancer diagnosis to wake you up to the way you should be living your life? One wasn’t even enough for me. I needed to be hit with the C-bomb twice in order to get the universe’s message that I was looking at life all… Read More

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2011 Reflections: What I learnt

Posted December 29, 2011
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When people say that cancer is a gift, I have to disagree. It’s certainly not something I would give to a friend. However, it is a catalyst for change and it is one of the most powerful teachers I have come across. Each year since I was first diagnosed (it will be four in April)… Read More

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