Weekly Round-Up

Welcome to this week’s blog round up. This week’s reflections move between protection and presence, grief and creativity, advocacy and connection — each voice offering a different way of staying human in complicated times.

Questions of care and voice run through several posts this week. Abigail explores the realities of informed consent in clinical trials through the dual lens of lawyer and metastatic patient, while Sue exposes how bureaucratic healthcare language can obscure the real human impact on patients and families.

Barbara reflects on the vital importance of self-advocacy throughout the cancer journey and beyond.

Nancy’s latest post, “Don’t Mess with Grandma(s),” begins with a tender childhood memory before unfolding into a fierce reflection on protection, solidarity, and moral responsibility in response to recent violence and the detention of children.

Elizabeth writing from a place of deep fatigue and awareness, reflects on responsibility, limits, and what it means to reclaim personal capacity within an exhausting political and emotional landscape.

Beth shares a tender poem written in memory of her friend Faun, capturing the stillness, grief, and quiet companionship of time spent at a hospital bedside.

Becky is launching a new narrative podcast about her breast cancer survivorship.

Community and connection close the circle this week. Megsie reflects on how her advocacy journey began quietly through blogging and grew through the strength of community and shared stories and Connie marks her 500th blog post by reflecting on the many people, encounters, and shared moments that have shaped her writing journey

Until next week,

May the week ahead make room for courage, tenderness, and the small connections that carry us forward.

Much love always

Marie xxx