Cancer Fight

When life tries to knock you down, you have a choice: stop at survival or live anyway. This isn’t about waiting for a breakthrough moment — it’s about small acts of defiance that add up to purpose.

We all face our own versions of hell — disease, loss, seasons that strip us bare. You can’t live there. You claw forward, inch by inch if you have to. This is my story of refusing to quit, and the poem that’s helped me keep moving when the fire got close.

Whether you’re facing a major life challenge like cancer or navigating the complex systems that shape your health, career, or relationships, one truth remains: no one will fight for you like you can. Over the past two years, I’ve been living inside the world of...

So that’s where we’re at. It seems like we’ve settled in for the long game. This is not a fight that is going to go one way or the other any time soon.

Since I started writing about this experience nearly two years ago, I have received a lot of feedback about my attitude. I have shown the ability to put a positive spin on just about any situation that we have encountered regardless of how serious and scary it might be.  These drifting thoughts were new for me. I was not sure that I was ready to add my own attitude to the list of things I was dealing with.

Have you ever had one of those moments where you realize you’ve done something completely selfish and had no idea?  One of those moments that make you stop and say, “Shit – I messed up.”? That happened to me a few days ago. I was working a long outdoor event. The...