Tag: Christmas

Slow Down and Enjoy Your Holidays, Survivors! Savor The Magic

The holiday season can be difficult for cancer survivors who have experienced a major change or loss in their life. Feelings of loneliness, isolation and sadness are common and holiday traditions can be painful reminders of how different life has become. Some are fearful that this may be their last Christmas. Others may be worried…

Remember to Sing in the Lifeboats

By Heather Millar Editor’s Note: The following blog article first appeared December 19, 2012 in “Cancer Realities: From Diagnosis and Treatment to Remission and Survival” on WebMD. ©2012, WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. The headline above is a quote from “Anonymous,” one of my favorites from that prolific author. I’ve been thinking a lot about…

Ten Years of Christmases

When I awoke December 25, 2000, everything in my life was at its best, or so I thought. I was the magical age of 45…that place in the continuum where respectable adults can still wear the fringe of unbridled youth, or at least hope to…try to. I celebrated the first year of the millennium with…