Tag: Thriver

My Grim Battle

Reading Time: 3 minutesMy life flipped upside down in summer 2019. I didn’t know if I wanted to share my story with the world. But I think I’m ready now. I think that

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The Day I Flew

Reading Time: 3 minutesJuly 15, 2020 Waking up in the morning and not knowing how I was going to feel has become common over the past 14 months.  I have been receiving treatment

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Open Mic: Gena

Reading Time: < 1 minute  VIDEO: Gena’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night. This story is made possible by:

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Why I’ve Decided to Thank Cancer

Reading Time: 6 minutes“Out of Darkness comes the light, out of troubles comes understanding”— Monali Monkad I’d like to thank Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for slowing me down, for teaching me what truly is important

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Tiny Heroes

Reading Time: 7 minutesInspiration, simply put, means to have an unconscious burst of creativity; therefore, unconsciously, I was allowed the honor of creating amazing boys who thus gave me the creativity to find

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State of Mind

Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is always a moment in everyone’s life that changes the perspective of how they view themselves and this universe. For me, that moment arrived when I was diagnosed with

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