An update you all deserve…

Taking this one day at a time, and holding onto the light wherever I can find it.

I am now almost 20 months into this journey with stage IV metastatic breast cancer. So many of you have been praying for me, checking in, and walking beside me—and I want you to know how deeply grateful I am. I truly feel your love carrying me. Recently, I’ve been having a harder time emotionally and working through some depression, but I’m gently finding my way through it.

I continue to show up each day as best as I can. I make it to my appointments, move through treatments, and keep putting one foot in front of the other-literally- i aim for 10k a day. I’m working with a traditional Oncologist at Hopkins and an extremely talented Integrative Oncology team. Most days include some form of treatment or therapy, all while working full time and trying to be as present as possible for my boys at home, school and on the sports field.

Life has felt a lot heavier lately as I navigate all of this now as a single, full-time working mom. It’s not a path I ever imagined, most days feel tragically impossible- and then we make it through. But even in those moments, I feel grateful—to still be here, to still be their mom, and to keep going. We pray a lot. A whole lot. We got to church a lot. A whole lot. Last week, we found a church to go to every single day. I told the boys to get used to these pews.

The reality is that cancer doesn’t pause—and neither do the financial pressures that come with it. Even with insurance, the medical expenses continue to add up and it’s keeping me up at night because I can’t fix it. I’ve been picking up extra on-call shifts when I can. We’ve also cut many of our household costs to try and get by but it never seems like enough.

I’m sharing this with a lot of humility, because it’s not easy to say—I could use some help. So many of you have kindly said to reach out if I ever needed anything, and this is me doing just that.

If you feel led to support us in any way, it would mean so much. Whether that’s through a donation, sharing this page, a prayer, or simply cheering my boys on from the sidelines- every bit of support truly matters.

Thank you for your kindness, your prayers, and for continuing to walk alongside me. When i was first diagnosed back in 2024 my situation was life threatening and i begged for a fight. All I wanted was a chance. God has graciously given me that chance but I’m begging for more.

With so much gratitude,

Erin