loss

Journey Through Cancer

© 23Oct2016
1. shivers

running up

then down

my spine
no warmth

coursing through

my body

This is fear in its finest

adrenaline coursing

enlivening
preparing it for action

It's going to be alright
maybe he'll be safe

wrapped in my waiting arms

Perhaps it's okay
She might even say
'no cancer today'

She didn’t

She said METASTATIC

2. chemo tricks

Meet my friend Lisa. She and I met at a conference where she shared a little of her story. Just a few months earlier Lisa had lost part of her heart, with the death of her beloved sister, Brandi. As you might imagine the pain is still incredibly fresh as she and her family make their way through all the firsts- holidays and special days since Brandi’s death.