En Media Res: “In the middle of things.” Let me start by saying: for anyone who is battling cancer—or for anyone who loves or has loved someone battling cancer—this is for you. Secondly, as you may have noticed, this blog has taken a new direction. Because sometimes what inspires you to write in life isn’t always the good, the beautiful, the fun, the happy…sometimes it’s the heartbreak, the tragedy, the fear. And most of the time, it’s all that wrapped all into one. In late 2024, my fiancé David Brackett was diagnosed with locally advanced head and neck cancer. At that time, his oncologist assured us (and these words still…