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Leanne Rose Sowul

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Gratitude When Times Are Tough

November 20, 2013 by Leanne Sowul 3 Comments

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway Everyone goes through tough times. Everyone. What distinguishes the survivors from the thrivers is not the severity of the suffering, but the ability to rise above it. Some people experience profound life losses and find themselves capable of moving forward […]

Filed Under: Gratitude Tagged With: abnormal, activities, cancer, challenge, choice, difficulties, friends, god, gratitude, happy, high school, hospital, loss, normal, suffering, surgery, thyroid, tough

My Cancer’s Better Than Your Cancer

November 11, 2012 by Leanne Sowul 7 Comments

Thyroid cancer has been in the news lately, since the celebrity Brooke Burke-Charvet was diagnosed with it. I didn’t know who she was, but apparently she’s the co-host of Dancing With the Stars. (I’m a So You Think You Can Dance girl, myself.) It’s nice that thyroid cancer is getting some attention, because it’s largely […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: brooke burke-charvet, cancer, fear, hormone, hospital, radioactive iodine, remission, suffering, surgery, survivor, symptoms, thyroid

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