22 Years Ago

January 23, 2023 | Danielle | Devotionals | 0

Today’s my 22-year cancerversary, which means it’s the anniversary of when I was first told, “You Have Cancer.” I was a junior in high school. I’d had a colonoscopy a few days prior, and we were waiting on test results. I knew my GI had found a mass, but I didn’t know more than that. […]

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20 Year Cancerversary

January 23, 2021 | Danielle | Cancer Survivorship | 1

How an unexpected opportunity to get the Covid-19 vaccine sparked the perfect memory to help me appreciate my 20 year cancerversary.  “Wow, you are a walking miracle!” I’ll admit it: This encouragement was both surprising and nice to hear a few days ago. I happened to be receiving Dose 1 of the Covid-19 vaccine.  I […]

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To the End – 18 year cancerversary

January 23, 2019 | Danielle | Cancer Survivorship | 1

I never know how I’m going to feel today, and how to celebrate my cancer anniversary. I’ve learned over 18 years that there’s no “right way” to celebrate a day like today. Some years I barely mention it, other years (like last year when I wrote “17 Reasons God Meant Colon Cancer for my Good” […]

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17 Reasons God Used Colon Cancer for My Good

January 23, 2018 | Danielle | Colon Cancer | 7

For the past 17 years, I’ve been telling my story of being diagnosed with stage III colon cancer just a few weeks after I turned 17 years old. Today is my 17 year cancerversary. Some years on this cancer anniversary, I’ve felt empowered and strong. Other years, I’ve wanted to crawl into a hole and […]

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16 Candles (on my cancer survivor cake)

January 23, 2017 | Danielle | Cancer Survivorship | 2

If I could travel back in time and offer a cancer survivor some words of encouragement – the 17-year-old standing in the back of the library who had just been told she had colon cancer, it would be this: Look up. Breathe. Exhale. Seek. Repeat. And then I’d add in some of this as we sit […]

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