When the Forest Speaks, Listen
Forest Bathing Curiosity Ever heard of forest bathing, but you weren’t quite sure what it's actually all about? That was me until a couple of
Spring Cleaning Part 2: Cleaning house and Imagination
Cleaning House It was good to “Spring Clean” my soul with you last week and sit in the darkness of lent. Today I’m equally excited
Spring Cleaning Part 1: My Soul
Announcements of the imminent arrival of SPRING surround me. Songbirds sing in the trees, pastel Easter wreaths decorate neighborhood doors and I insist that, yes
MRI Results and Memoir Sneak Peek #2
This excerpt from my memoir discusses the difficulties of “the wilderness”- the post-treatment zone of incurable cancer- with a glimpse of events from just last
Christmas Letter 2020
Rostek Christmas Letter 2020 On the doorstep of Christmas I almost forgot to write our annual Christmas Letter. That’s what kind of year it's been.
Advent Letter 2020
I sat down a couple days ago to write my annual Advent letter, I had all these ideas of what I wanted to say on
Grief and Love
This image is loaded with grief and love; it was taken mere days after my glioblastoma diagnosis when I was in the thick of grieving
Memoir Sneak Peek! Brain Surgery Day- October 19, 2016
Today I am working on writing my cancer journey memoir. Since 4 years ago today my neurosurgeon removed the tumor from my brain that would
4 Year Glioblastoma Survivor!!!
Today I am a 4 year Glioblastoma survivor! This IS worth celebrating! (So I did, last night with some great lighthearted fun and I laughed
This is my beach
Here we are in this beautiful front porch portrait, it is not a lake house, it’s our house in the city; but let me tell
Life is a Symphony
Ok folks, here it is: an Easter Blog post highlighting my heightened need these days to experience and express grace. I’ve been working on this
Befriending uncertainty
The image I’ve chosen for this post is one that I acquired at a retreat I went to a year ago. I resonated with the