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This blog is filled with writings from our founder Lauren. She shares openly about her struggles, her inspirations and anything that spills out of her head onto paper. We hope you find it helpful in your journey.

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    We found the shells in the streets of Oviedo today. The shells will mark our path for the next 300 km. It is

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    The lady beside me on the plane to Madrid was from Danville, CA and had been delayed two days before she sat next

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    "In case you haven’t heard, today is a big day for me. I am heading out with a couple of friends for the

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    In Pursuit of Identity When I began to recover from my surgery, my middle daughter wrote a story about me.  In

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    Parenting with Cancer Twice this week a mother with stage four cancer reached out to ask, “How am I supposed to

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    To the 15 Million To The Fifteen Million, I write this letter to acknowledge each of the fifteen million Americans impacted

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    Be the Bridge I was reading a thread on my favorite young adult cancer site and I ran across a friend

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    Partner in Breakthrough Words are society’s most powerful way of framing the issues of our time. For thousands of years, philosophers

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    Adventure Reflection I sit in a red Adirondack chair in the Adirondack mountains. A few lightning bugs flickered along the grass

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    Cancerversary This is the anniversary of my cancer diagnosis, my second cancerversary.  In honor of this moment, I want to reflect