Sometimes, I Wish I Could Just Grow A Tomato
Remember the days when foursquare and tag was something that you played outside at recess, and not on your iPhone? The closest I get to nature nowadays is when I Tumblr into the grass, lay on my back...
View ArticleIt’s Not a War. It’s Not a Football Game. It’s Cancer, and It’s Scary, Okay?
I’m 691 days, 8 hours and 15 seconds in remission from Hodgkins Lymphoma–not that I’m counting!–and I’m assuming you’d like me to answer the same old question that is hurled at every cancer warrior and...
View ArticleCancer Stalked Me Into the Laundromat
My lucky socks were dirty. I was at the local laundromat near my apartment, minding my own business when, well, how should I explain this? I didn’t even see it at first, as it limped across the room....
View ArticleThe 5 Most Inspirational Coaching Speeches That Saved My Life
With the Winter Olympics in Sochi in full swing, I can only imagine all those coaches and their passionate discussions with their players, pumping them up, getting them ready to go not for just silver...
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My Figure Skating Podium Dreams May Have Helped Me Beat Cancer
I love sports way too much, and I’m obsessed with figure skating. (Yes, that’s me in the photo, with the sexy knee socks and too-small overalls. You’re welcome.) Strange, I know, this obsession of...
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Happy Stem Cell Birthday! Hooray For Being a 2-Year-Old Stuck in a 40-Year...
A special note to my stem cells on their birthday: “Happy birthday to you, my beautiful stem cells! Thank you so much for traveling to my bone marrow, producing healthy blood cells, and enabling my...
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Meet the Kitten That Saved My Life
I’ve never felt emotionally connected to a domesticated animal. I certainly never classified myself as a pet person, rather someone missing that special pet loving gene. Growing up, the Zohn family had...
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Circles Are Good, Squares Are Bad: My Crazy Way of Viewing the World
We were the Fiske Flames youth soccer team and we wore fire red and tornado black uniforms. We were the talk of the Lexington, Mass., public school system, and we were wicked awesome. My obsession with...
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One Year Later, I’m Back at The Boston Marathon Finish Line
I have been waiting for this moment since 4:48 pm on April 15th, 2013 – the moment when two policemen pulled me off the course at mile 25 of the Boston Marathon because two bombs had exploded close to...
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Stop and Look, Cancer Ends With Me
The choices I have made in life have put me in a very unique position. I’ve been lucky enough to be on the giving and receiving end of charity. I’ve also had to experience the devastating pain of being...
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