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“One Hundred and Twenty-Six Days, The Unthinkable Journey”

I can’t imagine the unbearable grief that a parent goes through after the death of their child or even how helpless a parent must feel when their son or daughter is diagnosed with an incurable disease. I have often said how grateful I am that it was me who battled brain cancer and not my son. But I’m also fortunate…

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“Memoir of a True Airhead”

I recently had the opportunity to connect with brain tumor thriver and author, Brenda Nearpass. In May of 2018, after enduring years of headaches, Brenda was finally diagnosed with a grade II Meningioma brain tumor. She went through emergency brain surgery and then thirty radiation treatments. As she questioned those around her about what was happening, she documented her story…

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“Finding Faith”

An interview with Linda S. Plunkett, Ph.D. author of Supernatural Rescue: From Broken to Beautiful. No doubt about it, discovering you have a brain tumor (whether benign or malignant) and undergoing brain surgery is the kind of traumatic experience that can cause you to “find” (or deepen) your faith. I wasn’t raised with religion. As an adult I considered myself…

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How do you define clutter?

Caregivers, this post is for you… Last month I wrote about the American Brain Tumor Association’s Virtual National Conference. In addition to the sessions I spoke about in that post, another presentation I genuinely appreciated was called “Caring For The Caregiver” given by Jean Arzbaecher of The University of Illinois at Chicago. During that session, I realized I have a…

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