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September 11th
24 years ago, I was living in New York City, just starting my career at Good Morning America.24 years ago, I took the subway home after my overnight shift on what seemed like a perfect fall morning. By 7 a.m., I was asleep. 24 years ago, I woke to a flood of phone calls. Two planes […]
Expect the Unexpected
I could feel it. Things were finally on the verge of returning to normal. My recovery from the second surgery was moving along, and I was set to head back to work tomorrow. For the first time in months, life seemed steady. And then came another twist. Late at night, Alexa called me in tears. […]
There’s Always a Rainbow After the Rain
This weekend, the mom guilt hit me hard. My next surgery date falls on my son’s birthday, and the thought of missing it crushed me. So, I decided to make it up to him the best way I could — by inviting all his friends for an early mountain celebration. We packed up and headed […]
Change of Plans
If you know me, you know I’m a planner. I map out dinners a week in advance, vacations months ahead, and I’ve been organizing my son’s Bar Mitzvah for nearly a year. But all of that came to a screeching halt the day I heard the word: cancer. Suddenly, I couldn’t even think about what […]
Getting Back to (the new) Normal
This Friday marks six weeks since my double mastectomy, and I’ll be heading back to work to celebrate. It’s been a long, strange stretch of recovery— and far from how I originally imagined summer would go. We didn’t host our annual 4th of July party. We skipped the fun trips. I had to cancel the […]
The Learning Curve
The past few weeks have been full of lessons—some unexpected, some hard-earned, and many that I never imagined I’d need to learn. I’ve learned how to sleep on my back, how to give myself grace, and how to slow down enough to let my body begin to heal. I’ve also learned a tremendous amount about […]
The Only Way Out is Through
This week has been a rollercoaster. While I’ve been measuring how much fluid is coming out of my body and tracking every pill I take, Keith has been closing out his friend’s accounts, moving boxes, and retrieving the last of his things from the Sheriff’s office. In the midst of it all, we tried to […]
Grateful to Be on the Other Side
I made it through surgery! But it almost didn’t happen. At 7:30 pm the night before, we got a call from the doctor telling us that the insurance company had not approved the second portion of the surgery. The medical team had been calling all day—only to reach silence, since no one was answering because […]
Learning to Accept the Help
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for our family. We’ve been trying to process Brett’s sudden passing while sorting through everything he left behind. In between that, we’ve been working to plan a celebration of life worthy of a friend we loved so deeply — all while juggling an endless string of pre-op medical […]
Double Whammy
Just when we had finally made peace with cancer.We’d met with all the doctors, talked to people who had been through it, and come up with a solid plan. Over a lovely Italian dinner Saturday night, we finally allowed ourselves to feel good — hopeful, even — about everything. Then came a devastating blow. Our […]