LIFE LESSONS: LIVING WITH CANCERIt’s been a while since I last wrote a post. My ink just seemed to dry up. Not so much my thoughts, though, which continue to run a mile a…Jan 10, 20216Jan 10, 20216
AN UPDATEIt’s been a while since I last wrote a post. I write today with some good news: after three rounds of chemo, by the good graces of God, it…Jun 26, 20204Jun 26, 20204
A LITANY FOR HEALINGEver since my diagnosis was announced, I’ve been blessed with good will from across the world often in the form of people sharing a wird…Jun 25, 20201Jun 25, 20201
EMBRACING THE GIFT OF LIFERecently, over a phone call with a cancer survivor, I couldn’t stop my tears from flowing upon mentioning that my daughter is only 3 years…May 23, 20206May 23, 20206
THOUGHTS ON MIRACLES AND HOPEFor the past several weeks my family and friends, and even kind acquaintances or strangers, have told me that they are praying for a…May 15, 20204May 15, 20204
NOTES FROM THE HOSPITALRecently I spent 10 days in the hospital to fight off a few infections post chemo. I remember telling my wife before the hospitalization…May 3, 20202May 3, 20202
EXPERIENCING RAMADAN IN A STATE OF ILLNESSI was hit with my cancer diagnoses just a couple of weeks before the beginning of Ramadan. I was so looking forward to the month of…Apr 30, 20201Apr 30, 20201
PREPARING MY FAMILY FOR DEATHAs a chaplain who has spoken to many dying people over the years, almost always the number one concern they all spoke of was how their…Apr 27, 20203Apr 27, 20203
THERAPY THROUGH THE SENSESA few days ago as I slowly awoke from a painful biopsy and procedure, I pressed against my stomach and cried out in excruciating pain. The…Apr 17, 20203Apr 17, 20203
THE POWER OF COMMUNAL PRAYEROn Sunday evening, two nights after my first round of chemotherapy, I lie in bed surrounded by loved ones, completely weakened and…Apr 15, 20201Apr 15, 20201
