The 2021 Louisville Polar Plunge
Why would I want to jump into a pool measuring at 49 degrees, with an air temperatures of 48 degrees, at 9:30 am on a Saturday morning? I took the…
The Cancer Diaries Chapter 6: Preparing For Chemo
For a split second there was a calmness before the storm, and things almost felt normal again. During my sophomore year of high school, I was involved in a special community…
The Cancer Diaries Chapter 5: Treatments
Over the years, I have grown to know my mom’s doctors and recognize their facilities, and oddly, the familiarity of knowing where my mom is going for her appointments is…
The Cancer Diaries Chapter 4: It Is In His Hands
Today’s Chapter of the Cancer Diaries is a very emotional breakdown of my family’s story with cancer. The following paragraphs are solely from the perspective of my mom, Tina, during…
The Cancer Diaries Chapter 3: What Does Stage 3 Mean?
Sitting in the doctor’s office, we were informed that the MRI and the ultrasound showed a large mass and several tumors in my mom’s right breast. The largest tumor was at…
The Cancer Diaries Chapter 2: Fear vs. Faith
When my mom followed up with her doctor after the biopsy, the results confirmed that my mom did have Breast Cancer, so we went to an office setting to talk…
The Cancer Diaries Chapter 1: The Beginning
In the summer of 2013, my mom and I had traveled to a camp in Indiana to play worship music for a Christian camp. The camp was located in a…