Liz Murtaugh GillespieMay 15, 2017MotherhoodLet's get real about Mother's DayAs I headed out the door for a Mother's Day run, I breathed a deep and grateful sigh listening to the first few lines of a StoryCorps...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieMay 8, 2016MotherhoodThe fortitude(s) of motherhoodThe thing that scared me most when I first learned I had cancer had nothing to do with the medical ordeal that loomed ahead. I knew I...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieOct 7, 2015CancerUp, down, up and onwardAfter some big sighs of relief that I seemed to be weathering my third chemo infusion better than my first two, last week turned on me...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieSep 25, 2015GritGetting a hang of this chemo thingI was dreading my third round of chemo. Round three hit a friend of mine harder than any other.
Liz Murtaugh GillespieSep 15, 2015CancerSo long, hairIt started falling out in the faintest of wisps — a few hairs at a time, the day after my second chemo treatment. Then this morning, most...
Liz Murtaugh GillespieSep 4, 2015GritSo far, so good ... and a new 'do!One week and one day after round one of chemo, I'm feeling remarkably healthy — gratefully so and with a short new 'do I'm calling my...