Open Mic: Jennifer
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Jennifer’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Tag: 1-5 years post treatment
Thriving in a New Year, as a Survivor
Reading Time: 5 minutesDear 2020, I’m happy to say I’ve broken up with you. I was fully prepared and ready for our relationship to end. You’ve brought me times of joy, coupled with
Open Mic: Kyle
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Kyle shares how his leukemia relapse during college had a bigger impact on his mental health compared to his childhood experience at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in December
Open Mic: Alexa
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Alexa shares an insightful story about the positive opportunities and experiences that emerged for her as a result of cancer at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in December
Open Mic: Rishina
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVIDEO: Rishina shares the strong impact that community and storytelling have had on her cancer experience at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in December 2020.
What about life AFTER cancer treatment?
Reading Time: 4 minutesI was a superficial airhead before I got cancer. I had no meaning in my life. To me, meaning was a £500 designer bag or a VIP party. All I
Finding a New Voice
Reading Time: 5 minutesBy the age of 37, I felt I had accomplished so much. I lived a very busy, happy, and successful life full of significant and joyful moments in my personal
The Panda Fight
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy name is Amanda. People call me Panda. I’ve been an athlete my whole entire life. I did a lot of sports, but my love is track and field. I
Hospital Hospitality Rant
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe hospital is a weird place. Think of how many people touch you. Someone greets you, signs you in, takes down your information. The nurse asks your name, birthdate, weighs
Love and Cancer: In Sickness and in Health
Reading Time: 6 minutes5…4…3…2…1… HAPPY NEW YEAR! Once upon a time, on New Year’s Eve in 2016, a man and woman got married in Charleston, SC. They celebrated their new marriage with bubbling