I had my first book reading last night in Columbia. Events leading up to the actual center point of the evening were laughable. From not...

Over the past seven months or so I have been working on some writing. I think my comfort zone is the poetry Lane. It allows me to express...

Today is June 18. This marks the three-month anniversary of my stem cell transplant. This might NOT seem like a huge milestone to others,...

What a wonderful experience it is to step outside, as is your normal routine and literally eat the wood on your front porch. This is what...

I have been having a lot of experience with death within the last few years. More than I care to think about. An aunt died in South...

Post-transplant recovery is extremely slow. I am on so many vitamins, still taking antibiotics, drinking vast amounts of water. Eating...

My mother took a trip to Puerto Rico with some cousins. I would've gone with her, however I'm not cleared to travel internationally for a...

If I thought time in treatment was exhausting, this is so different. I am like a bear going into hibernation. It is a different kind of...

We are at the finish line, just waiting to get the right numbers. Labs every other day. I finally came around to the fact that my body is...

Neutropenia sets in. And injections begin to hurt. Because there have been so many. Everyday with alternating arms. You start to miss the...

At this point we are invested in each other's journeys. I want to see each of my Stem brothers and sisters succeed. We come together and...

Hair It’s a running joke in my family. My nickname is Hair. Because it is thick and unruly. Coarse with a wave. Not fine like the rest of...

Acclimating- It's hard Adjusting to the schedule Medications begin and you start with chemotherapy. That can be a trial, especially if...

I have Multiple Sclerosis. After seven years, of living with the degenerative disease, I am getting an HSCT in March. Probably because I...

And only a start to step in the right direction This was an extremely heavy week at its start. Then, Derek Chauvin the former officer...

thinking critically in this digital age, with the influx of news and information from evert direction

I woke up this morning to pictures of wedding dresses. Or more accurately wedding dress sleeves. And for some reason it just clicked in...

I recently had a conversation with a friend who is dipping her feet back into the dating pool. She's been out of the scene for something...

Around the first few week of June, I came down with this potentially deadly disease. I had been taking great precaution to prevent the...