by Lisa Kohn | May 29, 2023 | Recovery
My yellow birds have disappeared for over a week. I am sad. I really, really, really do feel so much joy every time I see one. I am also aware that I could find meaning in their being gone. My kid and I discussed this today – if I see their appearance as proof of...
by Lisa Kohn | May 22, 2023 | Resilience
I have days that are hard. When I don’t feel well in my body, mind, or spirit. I really, really want to feel well, but I don’t. I’m doing my best to let that be and to let that be okay. Acceptance is, as always, the answer to all my problems, and even though I don’t...
by Lisa Kohn | May 15, 2023 | My Story
I am definitely in a weird space, and I am letting that be. I know that so much from the last year is sinking in and crystalizing and processing, and I know that I can’t – nor do I want to – rush it. I am letting myself be with my uncertainty and awkwardness and...
by Lisa Kohn | May 8, 2023 | Resilience
Last week was my full-out “cancerversary.” It’s been a year since my “everything-ectomy” and the diagnosis. A year since I first heard someone say to me, “As someone who has cancer…” (The attending doctor was explaining that, as someone who had cancer and some other...
by Lisa Kohn | May 1, 2023 | Hope and Amazement
In each moment there is beauty. Sometimes it’s easier – or harder – to see than others. In each breath there is a chance to stop, to notice, to savor, to love. With each person there is a chance to stop, to notice, to savor, to love. Under each hardship there...
