April 3, 2008. A day I'll never forget. My husband Philip was diagnosed with Stage 4 esophageal cancer at just 42 years old. What we initially thought was heartburn or a hiatal hernia quickly became a life-changing journey filled with doctor appointments, scans, procedures, chemotherapy,& radiation, the list went on and on it was more information than I ever imagined one person could keep track of. During that time, I carried a notebook everywhere.

Fast forward 15 years, I found myself on the other side of that notebook. After a routine mammogram and biopsy, I was diagnosed with breast cancer myself. I knew how quickly everything could become overwhelming — and I kept thinking: there has to be a better way.

That realization became the beginning of The Healing Journal Collection — created from the perspective of someone who has experienced both sides of the journey, as a caregiver and as a patient. Each journal is designed with compassion, organization, and hope to help make an overwhelming journey a little easier to navigate.