River Prayer Week Two
CherylRostekBlog2025-10-17T15:19:46-07:00River Wisdom On scan day morning, a Sunday, I sit by the river wondering how I feel. I notice that tears are close to the surface. Hello tears I say. Curious how my tears will
River Prayer Practice
CherylRostekBlog2025-10-08T13:45:40-07:00It’s Fall. Since my glioblastoma brain cancer diagnosis in October 9 years ago, I have had a mixed relationship with fall. Initially I celebrated my survival anniversaries with a RahRah Cancer Survivor bravado. But this
Unmanageable
CherylRostekBlog2025-04-23T10:00:37-07:00How to live an unmanageable life “Maybe life isn’t meant to be manageable.” I scrawl the thought on my journal page. My husband is out of town and I’ve just returned from dropping my daughter
Why everyone should embrace classic literature: from Jane Eyre to overcoming Glioblastoma
CherylRostekBlog2024-09-13T12:04:57-07:00Everyone should read classics was the thought running amuck in my mind as Charlotte Brontë captivated me with Jane Eyre’s simple, yet substantial character. Admittedly, I was never much of a classics reader. Their
Thin Places
CherylRostekBlog2024-02-21T12:13:15-08:00Introduction When glioblastoma thrust me close to death I was intimately aware of the Divine. She was readily within reach; I touched the corner of Her cloak. Brain cancer had transported me to a “thin
Love is the pathway
CherylRostekBlog2022-09-09T13:16:58-07:00End of Life Wisdom I have learned over the past few years that love is a reliable pathway. (disclaimer- I'm uncertain of *where* exactly this pathway will take me - maybe that's part of the
Wonderfully Made
CherylRostekBlog2022-09-08T12:33:46-07:00Wonderfully made Today I marvel at how wonderfully I've been made. I kinda thought my body, my immune system, had let me down allowing cancer to set up a proliferating camp in my brain, but
4 Year Glioblastoma Survivor!!!
CherylRostekBlog2020-10-04T21:07:18-07:00Today I am a 4 year Glioblastoma survivor! This IS worth celebrating! (So I did, last night with some great lighthearted fun and I laughed more than I have in months! It felt so good.)
Befriending uncertainty
CherylRostekBlog2020-03-25T15:28:23-07:00The 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 image because most of it is blurry. It felt like
Facing the Brutal Facts of Life
CherylRostekBlog2019-10-20T22:42:32-07:00If you know me well, you know that I LOVE Brene Brown, her books and her teaching. I appreciate her authenticity and wholehearted approach to life. Part of her definition of wholeheartedness is accepting