Tag: ovarian cancer

Passing it On: Life Does Return to Normal After Cancer

In her book, Passing it On, Susan G. Baker describes in the afterword how a routine check-up turned into a summer of suffering and soul-searching as she faced one of the greatest challenges of her life: ovarian cancer. I interviewed Susan as the wife of former Secretary of State James A. Baker III prepared to…

Cancer and The Golden Girl

Shannon Miller will be forever remembered as the first U.S. gymnast to capture gold on the balance beam at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. She garnered her second gold that summer after she and her U.S. teammates, the “Magnificent Seven,” took team gold. It was a magical time for the 5’1,” 95-pound gymnast…

Living Through – A Spiritual Guide Through Cancer

I suppose I have recited Psalm 23 publicly at religious services more times than I can count, but in the private times of trial and tribulation, when I needed the comfort of the Holy One, I have turned to it as well. Allow me a preface, and then I will return to the Psalm itself.For…