Dessert First

For some, life’s trials are kept private.  For others of us, strength is drawn from telling our stories.  And if another human being can learn from our journey, all the better.  It is for that reason that I wrote It’s Just Hair.

I can’t speak for Nancy Borowick’s private motivation for her photo project, entitled “Dessert First,” which you can view here.  It was a solution to two issues for her: to complete her work as a student at the International Center of Photography and to spend time with her mother, facing a second go-around with cancer.

Her motivation isn’t what’s important. The beautiful photo essay that is the result of her work speaks volumes, both to those of us who’ve walked that trail, as well as to those who have witnessed it from afar.

Seeing what cancer treatment is, how it affects family members, and understanding it is a means to an end, gives strength to those who are newly diagnosed as well as those who are cancer veterans.  I thank the Borowicks for giving us this glimpse into their lives.