In a world that can sometimes feel heavy with the weight of bad news, it’s easy to lose sight of the goodness that still exists. But over the past five years, as Tanner and I have walked this cancer road, we’ve been reminded again and again that there is so much good in the world—so…
I Am Not Ready You’re never actually ready. No matter how much preparing you do, no matter how many conversations you have, no matter how many steps you take toward acceptance, when it comes down to it, you’re never ready. Today was hard. It was supposed to be a beautiful day, our third and final…
I never thought I’d be sitting at the table with my husband in my late 20s shopping for a funeral package. I never thought we’d be deciding where he’ll be buried, what songs will play, or what kind of bench we want designed for our baby girl to sit on when she wants to feel…
How Tanner and I do it differently When Tanner was diagnosed with cancer at 25, everything we thought our life would be was ripped away in an instant. We had just celebrated our second wedding anniversary. We wereyoung, in love, and dreaming about the life we would build together. And then suddenly, we were in…
Tanner left on a little cancer retreat with “Reel Recovery.” He was so excited to spend time with other cancer fighters, fishing out in the beautiful Utah summer. And I was so excited for him! It had been only a day or so of him gone, and he didn’t have great phone service so we…
What cancer patients actually need & want: for your loved one diagnosed with cancer I’ll start with, it is going to strongly depend on the type of cancer your loved one is diagnosed with. And also which treatment they are using to treat their cancer. I will give you both a general list, and a…
The Start A tall, relatively handsome doctor, with kind eyes, walked in post procedure and pulled up a chair. He sat between Tanner and I, and placed his hand on Tanner’s knee. The doctor looked at Tanner and asked “Do you go by Tanner?” My thoughts at the time: “Um yeah?” “Why is he acting…