Cancer
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The time on my computer says 7:10am. I click off my computer with a heavy heart. My cheeks are burning with shame and part exhaustion. I just read an email from a client about all the mistakes I made on the last batch of work. I crumble with the humiliation of my unprofessionalism for mistakes…
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As a tweetaholic I have seen the buzz surrounding #momthevote. I can appreciate the need to get moms to the polls. We need to vote for what is best for our families. It was not the same for our parents. Many households now have both parents working just to survive. Costs have sky rocketed. At…
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As a kid you wait for the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. As a teenager you wait for the school bell and to grow up. As an adult you wait for the promotion and Fridays. A soon-to-be parent waits for the stick to turn blue and to teach their child to tie their shoe. As…
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Medical Details of my Sister’s Attacker. For What Its Worth Intraductal carcinoma is a condition in which abnormal cells are found in the lining of a breast duct. The abnormal cells have not spread outside the duct to other tissues in the breast. In some cases, intraductal carcinoma may become invasive cancer and spread to…
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What is germ cell cancer? Germ cells are the cells in the body that develop into sperm and eggs. They are mainly found in the ovary or testicle. But they can sometimes be left behind in other parts of the body from when you developed in the womb. Germ cell tumours can develop from these…
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As soon as I hit end call on my iPhone my tears poured down my face like it was in a race. My nose began to drip. My heart feels ripped in half. My grief rushes through my whole body like salt in an open wound. Here we go again. It is the night before…
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After all that is grief,my two-year old reminds me of joy.
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As many of you know, my sister has been going through the unthinkable again. She had a major surgery the week before Christmas. She has spent the last couple of months recuperating. One week ago, she went for a full-body scan to see where the cancer cells might still reside. For the past week we…
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Grief sneaks up at your door when you do not look. It appears in the least unexpected times in one life. Grief is not neatly written in a book. It is ugly and dark. Grief does not stop at one loved one. It takes its greedy hands on everyone in sight. Grief took over my…
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I resolve to not make resolutions. It always sets me up for failure. The only one I kept for 2010 was writing and writing. I have been published several times in amazing sites and publications. This year will be the same great things. However, I wish to make a wish list for fun. So here…
Danielle Christopher 