It's so exciting to hear from friends near and far (and as far as Wagga Wagga, Australia!) supporting this effort. The possibility of...

Gratitude and Kindness reigned supreme all year long. I'm blessed to have traveled, spent quality time with my immediate family and new...

NOTE: I wrote this post in another writing community yesterday, but I thought I would share it on my blog today. My mom would have been...

It's difficult to fathom that Ryan's life was in jeopardy after getting him and keeping him in a solid remission 20 years ago this week....

I am thrilled to be gaining subscribers to my FREE blog here and on Substack while I spit out new episodes of The Focused Fight every day...

The Focused Fight's Ch. 32 - Heartfelt Reflections from Bill and Olivia are amazing. They give their voice to what and how they felt...

Well, well, well. Our 11 years of LIVING STRONG came to a screeching halt in the spring of 2016 when a "canker sore" in Ryan's mouth was...

Three chapters/episodes will be released today to keep up with  The Focused Fight  and the episode minutes. Since there are multiple ways...

The audiobook (episodes) continues with The Focused Fight's Chapter 23 —The Transplant.  While reading this Chapter, I was immediately...

The audio/episode for today is Ch. 22 —Olympic Nerves of Steel . Remember, you can always listen for free when you click the pink link...

Nothing was easy during the summer of 2004 because Ryan's leukemia was out of control and wreaking havoc inside his body. Chapter 10 —...

Our lives were so unpredictable then that when Ryan's second relapse came into play, it was one more thing we had to take head-on. I...

Yes, we missed a lot from Ryan's first and second cancer diagnoses, but we also gained so much. When Ryan's counts crept up and over 1000...

While checking and double-checking Chapter 14—Relapse—September 2000 , I cried. Those feelings are close and can bubble up within...

When the planes crashed into the Twin Towers in NYC and the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on 9/11/2001, I received a call from one of...