The Courage to Be Mortal
Five years ago today, my friend Laurie Foley died. For the last five months of her life, we talked to each other a lot. I wasn’t feeling well myself and mostly tried to sleep on a couch in my office so I wouldn’t disturb John, and she was in the …
The Courage to be Mortal
On my birthday in 2012, my friend Laurie Foley was diagnosed with ovarian cancer; every year as I grew older, I was reminded of the day that changed her life forever. She died two years ago today. I am not sure how I’ve managed in these past two years because she …
strong offer Friday : transform terror into commitment, and entitlement into hope
I asked my friend, Laurie Foley, to speak on the topic, “The Courage to Be Mortal,” at the first Camp I hosted, in September 2013, thirteen months after she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. It just so happened–as I learned during her speech–that she was diagnosed on the evening …
