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I Will Rise

April 25, 2013 by allisonbenotafraid

I’ve been running with Cancer to 5k, a program that trains cancer survivors for a 5k for free, for a little over a month now. And last night, as I ran with three “sherpas” (volunteers who either have had cancer or been touched by cancer) by my side, I felt strong. I had only run twenty minutes or so, and by no means quickly. Every three minutes I had taken a one-minute break to walk. But I had made it […]

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Categories: Cancer, Faith, Music, Parenting • Tags: Cancer, Cancer to 5k, Christianity, Family, Jesus, Lymphoma, Running

7 Quick Takes

January 11, 2013 by allisonbenotafraid

Hello all! I’m back to share some happenings in the McGinley world! 1. Jen at Conversion Diary has been having some serious health problems (pulmonary embolisms in her lungs) and is not only pregnant, but a busy mother of five children (not to mention an incredible writer.) Please join me in keeping her in your prayers in a special way during this time. 2. Speaking of Jen, Mike and I recently used her Saint’s Name Generator to select a “Saint […]

Categories: 7 Quick Takes, Cancer, Faith, Music, Parenting • Tags: 7 Quick Takes, Anniversary, Cancer, Family, Life, Motherhood, Prayer

Someday Soon, We’ll Be in Spring…(A Love Letter)

April 17, 2012 by allisonbenotafraid

It’s almost one in the morning on a Monday night, and my husband is working on a brief at the kitchen table. I’m trying to stay up to keep him company. Even though we’re not talking, I know he appreciates my presence, my show of solidarity. Plus, my overly nostalgic heart is swelling as I reminisce about the many all-nighters we spent studying or writing papers in the common space of his dorm during college (we were both admittedly top-notch, […]

Categories: Cancer, Music, Relationships • Tags: Husband, Love, Marriage, Music, Photography, Spring

Healer

February 6, 2012 by allisonbenotafraid

Last Thursday I received wonderful news over the phone that brought me to tears as I sat in my hairdresser’s chair: no evidence of cancer cells found in the active tissue from my tumor. Praise God! I haven’t met with my doctor yet so I still don’t know what the activity is/was, and it’s not certain that we will ever know. It could be brown fat-the fat our body creates for warmth-or thymic rebound as a result of the chemotherapy, […]

Categories: Cancer, Faith, Music • Tags: Christianity, Healer, Hillsong, Jesus, Prayer

Emmanuel, You Have Come to Save Us

January 17, 2012 by allisonbenotafraid

I feel somewhat silly saying this, but I really can’t believe I’m here again: lying awake in bed, night after night, unable to sleep, filled with anxiety, wondering if I will get to see my sweet boy grow up or reach old age with my husband. I’m almost ashamed to admit that despite everything we went through this past year, and how fully I discovered how fragile, uncertain, and precious life is, since reaching remission on October 13th, I got […]

Categories: Cancer, Music • Tags: Chemotherapy, Christianity, Hope

Only Love (Thank You Video & Prayer Request)

January 9, 2012 by allisonbenotafraid

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It has been quite a while since I last wrote, and I’ve had so many beautiful, blessed experiences over the past month! While I long to share many of them with all of you, it was just so important for me and my family to merely relax and enjoy one another over the holiday season. We had a beautiful time talking, singing, watching movies, and just being together-reflecting on the past year and it’s […]

Categories: Cancer, Faith, Music • Tags: Cancer, Christianity, Family, Friends, PET Scan

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