This patient’s story has been on my mind more intensely as the holiday rush quickly approaches. It occurred several years ago when I was working back in my hometown of Augusta while my mother was battling a recurrence of breast cancer. Living the life of a...
It was quite intriguing to me that while the whole world was in an uproar over a red coffee cup, I had quite a valuable lesson from my own. It was the last place I thought I would learn an insight, but then again this special mug had been holding the elixir of the...
Lana’s lovely, soft attributes that I had grown to adore, nearly twenty years in the making, were almost unrecognizable. Her wavy, stylish blonde hair and rosacea marked cheeks along with the wide, kind smile that always made me feel I’d come home were all...
Wanting to believe in him, that he wasn’t capable of attempted murder, that he did love me, and that he had doctor potential, I wholeheartedly, with some nagging guilt, agreed to move to Florida and to fund his education. Within forty-eight hours, I set up two...
I’m ready now to tell you the story of Rhonda. I’ve kept her to myself. Not many people have been privy to the magic she has worked in my life. Most of you know of Cathy and how a patient dying of brain cancer became one of my greatest teachers. Few know the...
Cathy has remained a vast part of my life since her passing. I think of her every day. She is included in my daily meditation, as she seems somewhat like an angel or a muse. I ask her for guidance especially when I enter the ER and I feel her around me. Even my...
I got an email today from the American Brain Tumor Association to remind me that this month is Brain Tumor awareness month. I thought this was quite fitting as my dear friend Cathy left this earth to become an angel one year ago during the month of May after a...
I am running again for another fabulous cause, Noah’s Light Foundation. I will be running the Disney Princess Half Marathon February 23rd. I am very excited to be running this race again. It was my first real race that I ever completed in 2011 soon after meeting one...
Running a marathon has always been on my bucket list. This will be my first attempt and I cannot think of a better motivator than my amazing friend Cathy. She has been fighting for her life over two years now against one of the most aggressive and lethal brain cancers...
