Feb 2, 20233 min read

What are the symptoms of pancreatic cancer?

Pancreatic cancer may cause only vague unexplained symptoms. Pain (usually in the abdomen or back), weight loss, jaundice (yellowing of...

Feb 2, 20231 min read

Pancreatic Cancer Risk Factors

Family History Inherited Genetic Mutations Diabetes (Long-standing and New-onset) Pancreatic cancer is more likely to occur in people who...

Feb 2, 20231 min read

Pancreatic Cancer and African Americans

The incidence of pancreatic cancer is higher in African Americans than in any other racial group in the United States. The age-adjusted...

Jan 5, 20222 min read

A New Year Tradition Reinvented!

Every New Years day there was a tradition in our family between me an Eric. He had to be the FIRST person into the house in the New Year....

Dec 29, 20213 min read

The Holidays Without Him

First holidays without the love of my life and I am a mess. Which I heard is completely normal. I burst into tears at the slightest...

Dec 22, 20212 min read

Back To New York, New York Where We lived, Met, Married and Loved!

Going back to the scene of the crime, well not a crime at all, but the place where we both grew up. I haven't been back to NYC in about...

Dec 7, 20214 min read

The Fabulous Life...

I've noticed that everyone on social media, especially Instagram, have such fabulous lives. Everyone is wearing fabulous clothes, going...

Nov 24, 20213 min read

The Purge....And So Much to do

Well we finally arrived back in Atlanta. I put Eric's ashes in his blue globe urn and set him upon his shelf. He's all settled here in...

Nov 17, 20212 min read

A Celebration of Life, Love and Legacy

We had Eric's Celebration ofLlife / birthday on 11/14 and I must say it was beautiful. There were approximately 60 people present and...

Nov 1, 20215 min read

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month to Kick This Diseases' Ass!

My husband, Eric K DeWitt of VGJazz, was born in November. How ironic that Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month is the same month he was...

Oct 27, 20214 min read

Sunsets and Life...

My mom, Eric and I went to Santorini Greece in October. It was a trip Eric and planned for our 16th wedding anniversary to renew our...

Oct 1, 20214 min read

How come things move on?... When it feels like the end of my world...

I'm just.....I can't really describe it. Everyone else's life has continued. They get up, go to work, go to parties, travel, celebrate...

Sep 25, 20213 min read

Celebrations of HIS LIFE...

I must say, in the short time we have lived here in Amsterdam, we have made some friends that have been an impact to our lives. Our...

Sep 11, 20212 min read

OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE SEND OFF

Eric and I were never really traditionalist. We always marched to a different drum. Did things that people thought were nuts. So of...

Sep 9, 20213 min read

Don't hold on for me or the family, Because it's Not our will, but God's will that is to be done!

I realized something as Eric and I were going through this cancer journey. When Eric was diagnosed, he was stage 4, but late stage 4. ...

Sep 8, 20213 min read

WE Heart Amsterdam!

Eric's final resting place will be all over the world. That said, his first will be here in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I must tell you how...

Sep 6, 20214 min read

Here's to Life, Here's to Love, Here's to you!

It's January '2002, after the horrific fall of '2001 and I'm about to meet, for the first time Eric Kingdon DeWitt, who I met online. ...

Sep 4, 20213 min read

For The LOVE of JAZZ....

I have to say, I was not a true lover of jazz. Oh I liked it a lot, but LOVE, nah that was not something I would call my relationship...

Aug 22, 20213 min read

A Day in the Life...a Care Givers Thoughts

Wow, '2021 has been a year, a year of adventure and challenges. When my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, everything...

Jul 26, 20213 min read

Updates On Our Journey...We're Battling Cancer and will WIN Because God Says so!

Yes I said the "C" word. The "C" word that rocks peoples worlds and changes journeys, or tries to. We found out in March, we have...

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