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
MRI Results and Motherhood Musings: Living Satisfied
The seasonal depictions in the attached image (created by my 7 year old) are an apt description of how I've felt waiting for my brain
“hi, anxiety”
I went to get a picture of my brain yesterday (how I describe it to my young kids): my MRI to see if the glioblastoma