Tag: cancer
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Up and Up Again
I listened to K-Love while mowing the lawn this morning. The DJs discussed the toll watching too much news takes on our mental health. One of the DJs admitted that all the scrolling, watching, and listening to news about World War III doomsday predictions was making him sick. Part of my post-pandemic PTSD is a…
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10 Years Cancer-Free
On December 3, 2022, my oncologist told me that “for all practical purposes, “[I] am in remission.” I had to be “in remission” for five years before I could safely say I was cancer free. I left not feeling what I thought I should be feeling. I did not learn about survivor’s guilt until the…
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Writer’s Block?
I have been asked why I have not written anything since 2017. It is not that I have failed to create. It is that I have not made public any new fiction. There are three basic reasons: 1)When I write, my characters become a part of me. I do not tell their story. Rather, I…
TRA.Perspective 