Tag: Erica’s Cancer Journey

You undoubtedly recognize my last name, but maybe not my first. Even though I was the one born in this ...

The wobble in my voice is new. I sound shaky, frail. I have never heard this sound out of my ...

Updating my will feels solid and secure – like good shoes in the snow.

While this earthly vessel is physically compromised – okay, okay, so is my humor – I still dwell in the ...

When you splice a sudden onset fever with a heap of other health challenges, it spells, in the immortal words ...

How furious was I? Well, what’s hotter than fire? Try 250,000F of sheer unadulterated rage nebula. And all pinned on ...

I make champion eater Sonya “the Black Widow” Thomas look like she’s picking at her plate. I’m also chewing away ...

All kinds of fun happening like steroids, my own addled-ness, with things like “How do I dial this number correctly, ...

I used to numb the area with a spray that is now known to compromise healthy skin tissue, then various ...

When is boring preferable to interesting? Cancer appointments. No one wants to be the “interesting” patient.

It’s not my time to stop. Not yet. I still have plenty of bounce in me.

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A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave good-bye... The heat begins to sustain itself, balance. Like the ...

As we headed outside, summer temperatures and a rain-free day meant that none of us had shoes on. Suddenly I ...

We clicked instantly. We laughed so much, like the time I sat down to rest against a wall during a ...

With a terminal disease, I am living my fullest life while keeping an eye on the not-so-distant future knowing that ...

If you have ever been to my home, you would agree that it could be described as, “There appears to ...

As Susan Sontag said, “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” I invite you to look through this ...

“What’s worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing taxis.”

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass...It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”