--------------------------------------------------- “We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.” — Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist “Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the... Read more →
I have been amazingly blessed with so much support, prayers, and love from my family, friends and support community. And I'd like to express my sincere gratitude to the following individuals who have cheered me on by posting supportive and uplifting comments to my journal posts: Alexis Paul Amy Kalvig... Read more →
Recently, I received the following e-mail from a dear family member of mine... "I'm very proud of you because of the way you fought the cancer and went through all the agonizing and painful treatments without complaining. I can't imagine how sick they must have made you feel. But I'm... Read more →
Enjoying an afternoon lunch with a good friend of mine after getting the news that my cancer is still in remission. Yesterday, as I sat next to my wife in the small patient room at Virginia Hospital Center's Oncology Care Department, my hand in hers, we waited for my oncologist... Read more →
"Good words are worth much, and cost little" (George Herbert) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes we don't realize how our words, although crafted effortlessly, can have such a significant influence on a person's life, especially those who are facing a life-threatening disease like cancer. As I look back on what I've went through,... Read more →