Yes, The Total Writer is still writing. I am still writing a lot, just not much on this blog. Writing through adversity is necessary and vitally important to how I cope with adversity. Going through trials is not easy. Cancer is hard and seeing a loved one struggle through it is not a picnic. I have written many notes and journal pieces on this journey of ours, but sometimes it's hard to put it into organized writing. There are so many twists and turns, blessings and road blocks, down times and up times and times when we, ourselves, don't have the right words to express what we are going through, let alone have the energy to say it out loud or write it down. There are times when there's nothing to do but wait. We wait on lab results, wait for the chemo drugs to infuse, wait for the doctor to call back about this or that, and wait for traffic, appointments, answers, pharmacies, phone calls, nurses, emails, etc. The list of things we now wait for is endless. I believe t...