Looking for a cancer miracle at Christmas?   Christmas is about miracles, but during the Christmas of 2006 I asked the obvious. Where is my miracle? I prayed that the cancer found on my mammogram in mid- December would go away. Prayer and fasting were already in my spiritual disciplines routine, but once the cancer [...]

It has been said, that you can determine a tree by its fruit.  So is the reality of J.R. Ewing. Well, after years of wondering who shot J.R. Ewing, in the end, cancer him. J.R. was the man we loved to hate, on the iconic television drama “Dallas.” It was the summer of 1980 when the [...]

The headline of the article screamed, “Mammogram effectiveness questioned.”  And I put down my morning coffee to pull the newspaper closer to my face.  Articles about mammograms always affect me and interest me greatly. I feel a close connection to mammograms. I am certain that a mammogram saved my life. It found the cancer at [...]

On this Thanksgiving day 2012 , I wish to offer praise to God for my expanded waistline. I have gained weight.  I can no longer fit into my clothes,  and  I am thankful to God that I am alive. What?! OK. . I  confess. This calm reaction was reached by prayerful contemplation and reflection on [...]

  Bling is a very popular item these days. Bling is a catch-all phrase for all things sparkly.  Rappers and celebrities may have started the craze, but now everybody has gotten on board. Dogs have collars with bling, and cats have jackets trimmed in bling.  Whether dazzling stones are dangling from ears, wrists, lapels or [...]

    I am one of the 4 billion people around the world glued to the TV, watching the Olympics.  I love the Olympics- from the international aura, to the chiseled athletes, to the fierce competition.   Most of the attention is on the winners.  Understandably so, everyone loves a winner. The athletes sacrifice, train [...]

  As America celebrates her freedom, I wish America could celebrate freedom from cancer as well.  A fantastic Independence Day would be one where our nation, and the world, would be free of cancer. America has suffered under the tyranny of of cancer long enough.  One statistic from the American Cancer Society says that in [...]

I was humbled by the power of God today. I saw for myself that God moves in mysterious ways. I was driving around, unsuccessfully looking for a parking lot downtown. I found a parking place beside a meter on the street and walked toward the building where my meeting was being held.  The attendant of [...]

I am angry at cancer again.   I am angry because cancer is never fair, and it is notoriously underhanded. No one can trust cancer to remain where it started, or to go away and leave for good. The news that Robin Roberts of Good Morning America is now facing another cancer, after beating breast cancer, [...]

I am a survivor–kiss me!!! I am launching this blog with audacity that comes from an irrepressible joy. I am alive. I have a Jesus joy, wrapped around beating a killer disease named cancer. We cancer survivors have a preference for life, and I love to write about living life zestfully. Yes, my doctors were [...]