Mammograms and Shaky Hands What weeks of fearful waiting on a breast biopsy taught me about hope and faith. Maybe you, too, know the sudden dropping of the stomach. One moment you’re making cookies with your daughter, then the next you’re queasy and clammy when … [Read more...] about Mammograms and Shaky Hands
Stories of hope
An Impressive Circle of Friends Revisited
An Impressive Circle of Friends (Revisited) A follow up interview with cancer survivor Russ Licht. Russ Licht will soon reach an important milestone on his cancer journey: his 5-year transplantaversary. Russ was featured in “An Impressive Circle of Friends” … [Read more...] about An Impressive Circle of Friends Revisited
I Will Have No Fear
I Will Have No Fear How the cofounder of Believe Big conquered the fear of stage IV cancer. The fear gripped me and threatened to overtake me. I had spent my life trying to avoid it, and yet here I was facing the same cancer that had taken my father’s life, my … [Read more...] about I Will Have No Fear
I Met God in a Hospital
I Met God in a Hospital How going through childhood leukemia changed my faith and gave me hope. I like to say I met God in a hospital instead of a church. Here’s what happened. It started at my 8th grade basketball practice, when another player accidentally … [Read more...] about I Met God in a Hospital
Nothing Until It’s Something
Nothing Until It's Something How a mom faced the threat of pancreatic cancer with courage and hope. My husband and I have a saying, “it’s nothing until it’s something.” What we mean is that often when you face a threat, 99 percent of the time you can make it worse in … [Read more...] about Nothing Until It’s Something