Slash, Burn and Poison: Cancer Words Matter
I was very careful about the words I chose to explain to my children what was happening to us.
Children Really Aren’t All That Resilient
Somehow, our society has accepted as conventional wisdom that children have superior powers to work through emotional trauma on their own.
How to Be Middle-Aged
I went straight from my thirties to the hospital, where the other patients were all twice my age. For me, 40 was the new 80.
Why Protecting Your Kids from Your Cancer Can Hurt Them
We parents want to shield our children from the worst of our cancer, but in the process, we can rob them of their emotional rights to process and grieve in their own way.
CHEMO SABE: “A little bit of fighter, a little bit of coward.”
I just wanted my cancer to be as un-bad as possible.
PARENTS WITH CANCER: “Push Yourself to Get Up”
I did not tell my daughter because she was too young to understand. She just thought I had a funny/bad haircut.
Oh, Shoot: Moms Who Rocked Parenting with Cancer
I said yes, not realizing it would mean I’d end up in pink snakeskin pants and 5-inch Nicole Miller heels, rocking out to Nirvana and sipping Champagne in Manhattan photography studio.
PARENTS WITH CANCER: “Don’t go there until you get there.”
I’m a worrier, an awfulizer, and I had a hard time keeping it in the moment.
