“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” Maya Angelou “Should we pull the holiday boxes from the attic?” my husband calls from the garage. It is the season, and I love the lights, my fake Christmas tree, and all of the Santa ornaments that I hang on it. Most of all I love hiding […]
Before my mastectomy, I had to get an EKG to test my heart, to make sure it would be strong enough for surgery. As I waited in the hospital lobby, I flipped through a Good Housekeeping magazine from last summer, with Michael J. Fox [who suffers from Parkinson’s disease] on the cover; the feature article […]
Recently I spoke to a group of organ transplant patients via Zoom. I was quite moved by their stories and coached them to share and write them. Afterwards, Taia, quiet during our Zoom, wrote to me privately. “I wanted you to know my story. I had my first transplant at age 18. Now at age […]
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