Here it goes—I’m still processing the reality that cancer is now part of my story. At times, it feels like I’m narrating someone else’s life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2023. It was a Thursday morning, and I was having breakfast with my 2-year-old daughter, reading my biopsy results on the hospital’s patient portal. Here I was, a single mother of a newly adopted child, just three months into my motherhood journey. As if parenting wasn’t enough of a rollercoaster, now I had cancer to add to the mix.

This blog will share the good (yes, there are positives), the bad, and the ugly of this journey. My hope is to offer support and insight to others navigating this rocky path. It’s also a record for my daughter to read one day.

From the moment of my diagnosis, I knew life would never be the same. I’ve spent the last eighteen months in survival mode, but now, I’m ready to embrace life and live to the fullest.