Until recently, I used to feel a bit ashamed to talk about the fact that I have leukemia when I met someone new (or even in normal conversation). This puzzled me. It’s an intense thing to find out about someone, to be sure, but why should I be afraid to bring it up? I’m the [...]

I remember in high school youth group we had to respond to this particular situation: What two things would you take with you if you woke up with your room was on fire?
It was hilarious, in retrospect, because we all had to be very pious. This meant that our first item was our Bibles, followed [...]