One day at a time.


I’m apparently in my “survived 2 3/4 years of cancer treatment and immediately accepted several unpaid management positions” era. I thought I was taking time to heal, but instead what I did is enable my trauma response to keep myself insanely busy and honestly I’m about to combust. Anyone else…
“Don’t wait to celebrate. Celebration is a form of worship, a rebellion against fear” -Katherine Wolf My second (more like 12th but who’s counting?) round…
It’s been a busy month in the Mahan house, as I’m sure it has been for most. We have been celebrating a lot of things:…
For the last few week’s my family has been blessed with a “glimpse of normal.” It was confirmed through my bone marrow biopsy (4/8/2025) that…
This morning I met with the radiation oncologist who presented me with a plan to do electron beam radiation therapy. We are targeting the entirety…

I’m Danielle. Wife to Cullen. Mother of 3 wild spirits. Doing everything I can to stick around and watch them grow in to the humans they were meant to be.