EC Stilson's

 As I sat here today thinking about my terminal cancer diagnosis, I remembered something that happened in 2014 on the anniversary of my firs...

 My grandma was an incredible woman. We got extremely close after my first son passed away. This happened because she started calling me on ...

 "I can't do radiation again," I told my oncologist last month. "The melanoma is growing. You have new tumors in your pel...

  I got featured in the Idaho State Journal ! This is such an incredible feeling. Here's my favorite quote from the article: "It [...

No one can avoid death; maybe it's best to come to peace with mortality now. We were all born, and we will all die. But sometimes, that...

My bucket list contains some strange things, but each of them has the capability of making a great memory for myself—and, hopefully, the peo...

Last year, I received an unforgettable review on my memoir, TWO MORE YEARS. Instead of critiquing the book, this reader criticized me and wh...

Before reading this, please note: I am not giving up, but things are getting harder. In addition to the new tumor in my brain, oncologists j...

I remembered something fun from last year and just had to write about it. So, one of the strangest things on my bucket list is "repurpo...

 “It was the hardest year of my life, the year I found out you had stage 4 cancer,” my teenage son said. My heart dropped. Having terminal c...

  I clutched my violin, so worried about talking in front of a large crowd. This felt terrifying, almost as bad as a performance in 2021. I’...