Print Issue: THE SECOND TIME AROUND
THE SECOND TIME AROUND, Apr / May 2025, Vol 10, No 2, 121 pages
The writers in this new Wildfire theme are all exploring stories from the front lines of have been diagnosed with cancer at least twice.
Our writers have heard “you have cancer” on repeat, whether it’s breast cancer more than once (local recurrences or metastatic recurrences), or breast cancer plus another type of cancer. Being diagnosed with cancer more than once can feel like getting hit by lightning again: a combination of shock, disbelief, anger, fear, anxiety, and grief. In short, experiencing cancer again is a whirlwind of feelings, lessons learned, and transformations — and this all comes through in this issue’s storytelling.
Cover Star: Shayna Welsh
Contents:
Alchemy a poem by Cheri Henderson | Diagnose, Repair. Diagnose, Replace! by Michelle Johnson | I’ve Always Been Powerful by Christine Elliot | The Gift of Koselig by Sarah Deer | Floating On by Renée Firato | Third Time’s a Charm by Dawn Amodeo | Second Issue by Ashley Chessell | Dark Mourning of the Soul by Terra Good | Why Didn’t You Tell Us a poem by Pye Pajewski | The Breath Between by Gemma Sharp | Reclaiming Myself the Second Time Around by Shayna Welsh | Fishkeeping by Liz Grissom | cautiously hopeful. by Dawn Flores | Waiting Room by Kelley Franks | For the Hope of it All by Kate Ellis | Let’s Do It Again! by Nikki Hutcherson | I Didn’t Know by Mardi Kaplan | Redefining Me by Rebecca J. Hogue | The Second Time Around a poem by Pye Pajewski | Scarred but Srong: Turning Two Cancer Battles into a Lifelong Mission by Deborah Peniuk | Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon by Susan Danenberger
PLUS: Editor’s Note by Angela Firman
THE SECOND TIME AROUND, Apr / May 2025, Vol 10, No 2, 121 pages
The writers in this new Wildfire theme are all exploring stories from the front lines of have been diagnosed with cancer at least twice.
Our writers have heard “you have cancer” on repeat, whether it’s breast cancer more than once (local recurrences or metastatic recurrences), or breast cancer plus another type of cancer. Being diagnosed with cancer more than once can feel like getting hit by lightning again: a combination of shock, disbelief, anger, fear, anxiety, and grief. In short, experiencing cancer again is a whirlwind of feelings, lessons learned, and transformations — and this all comes through in this issue’s storytelling.
Cover Star: Shayna Welsh
Contents:
Alchemy a poem by Cheri Henderson | Diagnose, Repair. Diagnose, Replace! by Michelle Johnson | I’ve Always Been Powerful by Christine Elliot | The Gift of Koselig by Sarah Deer | Floating On by Renée Firato | Third Time’s a Charm by Dawn Amodeo | Second Issue by Ashley Chessell | Dark Mourning of the Soul by Terra Good | Why Didn’t You Tell Us a poem by Pye Pajewski | The Breath Between by Gemma Sharp | Reclaiming Myself the Second Time Around by Shayna Welsh | Fishkeeping by Liz Grissom | cautiously hopeful. by Dawn Flores | Waiting Room by Kelley Franks | For the Hope of it All by Kate Ellis | Let’s Do It Again! by Nikki Hutcherson | I Didn’t Know by Mardi Kaplan | Redefining Me by Rebecca J. Hogue | The Second Time Around a poem by Pye Pajewski | Scarred but Srong: Turning Two Cancer Battles into a Lifelong Mission by Deborah Peniuk | Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon by Susan Danenberger
PLUS: Editor’s Note by Angela Firman
THE SECOND TIME AROUND, Apr / May 2025, Vol 10, No 2, 121 pages
The writers in this new Wildfire theme are all exploring stories from the front lines of have been diagnosed with cancer at least twice.
Our writers have heard “you have cancer” on repeat, whether it’s breast cancer more than once (local recurrences or metastatic recurrences), or breast cancer plus another type of cancer. Being diagnosed with cancer more than once can feel like getting hit by lightning again: a combination of shock, disbelief, anger, fear, anxiety, and grief. In short, experiencing cancer again is a whirlwind of feelings, lessons learned, and transformations — and this all comes through in this issue’s storytelling.
Cover Star: Shayna Welsh
Contents:
Alchemy a poem by Cheri Henderson | Diagnose, Repair. Diagnose, Replace! by Michelle Johnson | I’ve Always Been Powerful by Christine Elliot | The Gift of Koselig by Sarah Deer | Floating On by Renée Firato | Third Time’s a Charm by Dawn Amodeo | Second Issue by Ashley Chessell | Dark Mourning of the Soul by Terra Good | Why Didn’t You Tell Us a poem by Pye Pajewski | The Breath Between by Gemma Sharp | Reclaiming Myself the Second Time Around by Shayna Welsh | Fishkeeping by Liz Grissom | cautiously hopeful. by Dawn Flores | Waiting Room by Kelley Franks | For the Hope of it All by Kate Ellis | Let’s Do It Again! by Nikki Hutcherson | I Didn’t Know by Mardi Kaplan | Redefining Me by Rebecca J. Hogue | The Second Time Around a poem by Pye Pajewski | Scarred but Srong: Turning Two Cancer Battles into a Lifelong Mission by Deborah Peniuk | Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon by Susan Danenberger
PLUS: Editor’s Note by Angela Firman
Big thanks to our Underwriters for their support of this issue! ABCD: After Breast Cancer Diagnosis; Ana Ono; iRise Above Foundation; Young Survival Coalition
