They say learning a new language opens up new worlds.They also say, “You’ve been in Spain for 3 years? You must be fluent!” Wellll. Sure, I have enough Spanish in …
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A Bittersweet Ending
I’ve got good news and not-so-good news. First, the good news: Today, I am officially done with chemo. All 26 sessions over 15 months, all fina-frickin’lly done. The not-so-good news is: I …
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Birthday Moments
Closing the decade chasing sunsets in Morocco. * I almost forgot that exactly 365 sunsets ago, on my birthday, I had my very first chemo session. I was facing about …
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Death, Life and Cash
Hi dear friends! I wrote a piece for my friend, Pallavi’s, newsletter. This one was kind of a biatch to pound out. Talking about money is haaard. But I wanted to put …
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Carousel Perspectives
Walking by Madrid’s Royal Palace, my family and I stumbled upon a Christmas carousel. Naturally, my nieces wanted to ride so we made our way over. * While waiting in …
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Camino Real
I just wanted to share a contribution to Vogue Philippines’s October issue for breast cancer awareness month. You can find the article here:…
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Hope-less
I am not a fan of Hope. All this puffery of Hope — Hope is a thing with feathers, Hope against hope, Audacity of hope — I’m not buying it. …
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In Defense of the Trite
“It is important that you feel beautiful.” I heard these words over and over again before I started chemo. From my oncologist, from my cancer-survivor friends, from the guy measuring my head …
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For Mom
Dear Mom, You never taught me to cry. You MADE me cry at times, but that’s beside the point. The point is that from you, I never learned HOW to …
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Seashells
It’s no coincidence that my first chemo session landed on my birthday. I always try to spend my birthdays alone, on a new adventure, with lots of quiet time for …
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