Steve Reflections

Asking for a Friend: How we ask for Help and Cultivate Deeper Friendships

In my Facebook algorithm, a video popped up about "things you see at Target". The original creator, Quint Essential, posted a video of a person who bought a big flat-screen TV, but clearly did not have a plan to transport it home. After watching the individual struggle to put the TV in the trunk, then … Continue reading Asking for a Friend: How we ask for Help and Cultivate Deeper Friendships

Steve Gut Checks, Reflections

Video Blog: Post-Bowel Obstruction Regimen

Last Thursday during our young adults group at our home, a sudden and intense pain struck me. Right away, I knew I was not going to be able to control the pain at home. Doubled over and under excruciating pain, it was time to go to the hospital. Fortunately, our friend Rain was over at … Continue reading Video Blog: Post-Bowel Obstruction Regimen

Steve CDH1, Community, Gut Checks, Reflections

Symposium on Gastric Cancer and the Beauty of Community

This past week I was invited to go to the City of Hope’s Symposium on Stomach Cancer sponsored by No Stomach for Cancer. It was here that I finally got to meet Heather Huus, Nicole McDonald and Jessica Sasser, Hannah Davis, Wagner Viana and the head hanchos for No Stomach for Cancer. It is safe … Continue reading Symposium on Gastric Cancer and the Beauty of Community

Steve CDH1, Community, Gut Checks, Lessons Learned, Life without a Stomach, Reflections, Triathlon

Run Your Own Race

When people tell you that cancer touches everybody - it really is true. Every family, every neighbor, and every friend has been affected in someway by cancer. It is a reality of life that transcends race, gender, creed, socio-economic or political contexts. This month has been a sobering reminder of how different each individual's journey with cancer … Continue reading Run Your Own Race