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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

I Am Set Free

January 31, 2012 by allisonbenotafraid

If you’re really lucky, you have a mother who loves you. If you’re truly blessed, you have a mother like mine, who not only loves me, but loves me unconditionally, with a love so blinding (or illuminating, perhaps) that she’s able to willingly pull out the nasty pain catheter sticking out from your side. She sweetly remembers this love even as you’re trying not to swear as she pulls and pulls, and the “black tip” that’s supposed to signify the […]

Categories: Cancer, Faith • Tags: Christianity, Healing, Lymphoma, Prayer, Suffering

What Wondrous Love is This: Showing Love Without Words

September 1, 2011 by allisonbenotafraid

Last weekend I enjoyed waiting out Hurricane Irene with two of my closest friends. We had a wonderful time sharing two of our babies and a new home, and just catching up. I am continuously amazed by the beauty of these two women-not only in how they live their own lives but in how they love me. We went to mass early, on Saturday night, just in case we couldn’t make it on Sunday due to Irene. After the homily, […]

Categories: Cancer, Faith, Parenting, Relationships • Tags: Christianity, Friends, Hope, Jesus, Life, Love, Lymphoma

Raising Money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

August 30, 2011 by allisonbenotafraid

On September 11th, my wonderful brother, Clete, is participating in the Nation’s Triathlon to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on my behalf. I am touched and honored that my brother is training so hard to endure a triathlon in my name, and to raise money for the such an important organization. Not only does it mean the world to me, but it will positively affect my life and the lives of many people fighting blood cancers. The […]

Categories: Cancer • Tags: Fundraising, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Lymphoma

Armchair

July 27, 2011 by allisonbenotafraid

When I was a few months pregnant, my in-laws bought Mike and me a wonderfully comfy cream colored armchair. The idea was that, since it rocked, I would be able to use it once John Paul was born for breastfeeding and putting him to sleep. Yet, unexpectedly, because of my intense pain and exhaustion, the chair became my almost constant companion even before John Paul was born. The first time I remember feeling pain in my chest was last July, […]

Categories: Cancer, Faith, Music, Parenting, Relationships • Tags: Chemotherapy, Christianity, Jesus, Lymphoma, Prayer, Suffering

Prayer Request

July 22, 2011 by allisonbenotafraid

If you could keep me in your prayers this weekend I would be so grateful. On Monday Mike and I will go to an appointment with my doctor where we will find out the results of my latest PET scan (and where we will find out where we will go from there). Thank you so very much for your continued support. It means so very much to me!! Love, Allison “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares […]

Categories: Cancer, Faith • Tags: Christianity, Jesus, Lymphoma, PET Scan, Prayer

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