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It’s been a while and I hardly know how to catch Team Kara up on everything that has unfolded. Maybe I’ll just start with the present....

Note: This space has been a home for sharing Kara’s journey but today I need to place another piece of my heart here. Grief does not...

Birthdays hit differently these days, just like everything else in our lives, I suppose. But Kara loves a good celebration, and she was...

It’s a common question after a festival. And a fair one with AC, which isn’t just a music fest - - - it’s a comedy fest, a film fest, a...

Genuinely hard to put into words how meaningful the Indiana Fever game was. As much as I’ve been writing lately about all the special...

My little broken heart mended with a few stitches last night watching Kara take in my latest work on the big screen! Leading up to the...

Every holiday is a total mindfuck for me. They always have been. My hypervigilant brain won’t shut off. It cycles through the emotional...

I’ve had a lot of people reach out lately, telling me they’re amazed by how I’m juggling everything life is throwing at me. Some say I’m...

The burden we’ve been carrying has been so incredibly heavy. As the date got closer for Kara’s PET scan, I felt my chest tightening, my...

It’s my birthday. And I want to share how I found beacons of light (even in this year that has felt incredibly dark). Last night, as I...

That’s what Kara said after a short walk through the outlet mall in Aurora. My mind immediately spiraled. Has the cancer spread to her...

I was a ball of anxiety the entire week and it feels extra sweet to share that Kara crushed her chemo treatment. She had no hesitation...

If you really want to make Kara’s day, all you have to do is clean your house and do your laundry. I’m not kidding. Nothing makes her...

One minute I’m knee-deep in building a festival budget for a grant application, and the next I’m crying because Kara fell asleep in her...

Every morning I open my eyes and, without fail, the first thought hits me: Kara has cancer. There hasn’t been a morning since her...

I haven’t been able to find time to write an update the last few days. Kara’s care has been incredibly hands-on, and I’ve been squeezing...

It’s been a whirlwind, to say the least. The week started rough and just kept getting worse. I’ve dreaded writing this because I don’t...

"I can’t do this much longer," Kara said at 7:50 a.m. on Monday morning, after a brutal weekend of fatigue, restlessness, pain, and...

I’ve been a little quiet lately. Not just in my ability to publish a blog, but in real life too. When life gets hard, I tend to shift...

A week off from treatment somehow felt like it dragged on forever and flew by at the same time. The stay-at-home order didn’t seem to...