(Photo by https://pixabay.com/users/ri_ya-12911237/) My breathing was heavy and uncontrollable, which exacerbated the dryness in my mouth. Sweat streamed down my face. My arms felt like I was holding onto 100-pound weights, while my legs began to feel weak. The headgear pressed uncomfortably against my forehead. I knew that this match... Read more →
How to deal with your bully, the cowardly coronavirus, and how it has adversely impacted your job search [Author's note: this update is written for jobseekers who are struggling to find a job during this coronavirus pandemic, while I have to go back to fighting Stage IV cancer.] Before the... Read more →
“I can do all this through him who gives me strength” … Philippians 4:13 (NIV) “There’s no easy way. You gotta take a lot of beatings” … The Fighter’s Mind: Inside the Mental Game by Sam Sheridan ----------------------------- Before a large group of people in career transition — e.g., unemployed,... Read more →
I do not know how to be strong right now, ever since learning that the cancer has spread. I’ve been walking in a dazed and staggered mental state. Dumbfounded. Frustrated. I am struggling to accept yet another fight. The only thing I do know is that when I look at... Read more →
Joining me for my second infusion at the Inova Melanoma and Skin Cancer Center is Patricia Downs, a retired Army civil servant, Aug. 5, 2016, Fairfax, Va. Patricia and I worked together at the Pentagon, with the Army's Office of the Chief of Public Affairs from 2008-2009. Last Tuesday, I... Read more →