When it All Comes Crashing Down Spoiler, I don’t have pancreatic cancer. Currently there is no looming new cancer diagnosis that I know of, but to commit that to words feels like spitting in the wind. I’m giving away the ending to spare my loved ones from the dramatic suspense, the hanging cliff that writers… Continue reading The Trauma Hangover
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Freedom: Experiencing a Full Range of Emotions
"the degree to which you can own your own darkness is the degree to which you can own your light."
Coping with Loss after Cancer
There is a raw wordless ache in my core. When I start to approach it, it builds into a fire that agitates my whole system and threatens to engulf the whole of me. It’s in my pulse and my blood. My scalp prickles and my hair hurts. I itch all over. My hands are restless,… Continue reading Coping with Loss after Cancer
Melissa's Healing Hope 