{{i thought you were dying?}}

Stage IV / Late Stage. Advanced. Terminal. Incurable. Those are some of the words most commonly used when we talk about late stage cancers. Some people can live years, though . . . so one would naturally wonder- why if we are terminal, are we still alive?When I was diagnosed, I was given 18-24 months …

{{those first few years with cancer}}

I have always liked blogging, while I admit, I am not great at keeping up with it, I do enjoy it. I blogged a lot from the weeks before I was diagnosed in 2013, all the way up until the end of 2015. 2016-2018 brought a lot of health complications so I had decided to …

{{wake me up when grief ends}}

There are some occasions etched into your memory forever. Moments in time that can never be changed or forgotten. They create a “before this” and “after this” effect. It brings a new normal to adjust to and a sense of deep grief; mourning the loss of the life you once knew. For me, this time …

{{word of the year}}

A couple years ago, a woman at church told me how she chose a word to describe the upcoming year rather than resolutions. The word would illustrate how she wanted to live that year. She accompanied it with a bible verse to go with the word and upheld that word through the year. Since I …

{{top 10 of 2018}}

I did a horrible job of keeping up with my blog in 2018, as you can plainly see. In true Kate fashion, life threw a lot of curve balls at us through the year with a whole lot of suffering sprinkled with some joyous moments in between. Looking back, it was the absolute toughest year …

{{what 5 years of living with breast cancer has taught me}}

From when I first learned that I had breast cancer to where I am at today, 5 years later.