Darla in the Desert 🌵☕📰

An honest update on cancer, faith, a last-chance medication, City of Hope, a new Honda CR-V, and why we chose family over Egypt Some moments are worth holding onto. 🌵 A note on Parkinson's & cancer — keep scrolling for our important update ↓ Did you know? Research shows Parkinson's patients have a nuanced cancer picture. Overall cancer rates are actually somewhat lower than the general population — but with one important exception: melanoma risk runs about 75% higher. For those carrying certain genetic variants of Parkinson's, risks for breast, brain, and blood cancers are also elevated. The relationship is complicated — not simply "more cancer," but a shifted pattern altogether. Sources: BMJ meta-analysis of 17+ million participants (2021); NIH Mendelian randomization study (2024) I share this because so many of us are walking similar roads. In my own circle of friend...

After the Dust: The Ending I Believe Is True What if the part we’ve all accepted as the ending… was never meant to be the ending at all? We’ve heard it for years — in songs, in quiet thoughts, in moments when life feels like it’s slipping through our fingers. Everything fades. Everything passes. Everything turns to dust. But it always leaves me wanting the real ending. Because long before songs were written about dust, there was another truth spoken: “Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.” — Genesis 2:7 Dust was never the end of the story. It was the beginning. And breath — not wind — is what gave it meaning. There’s another place where time and change are acknowledged: “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1 Yes, things shift. Yes, seasons turn. Yes, life moves in ways we don’t always understand. But mov...