Tag: cancer

The Seizure

Medical scan of oligodendroglioma brain cancer

Post date February 19, 2021
Tags brain cancer, brain tumor, cancer, childhood, coming of age, creative nonfiction, memories, oligodendroglioma, phenix virginia, prose, seizure, small town

The First Phone Call

Post date February 16, 2021
Tags brain cancer, cancer, death, friendship, leukemia, life, seizure

Stephen King comes to Phenix, Virginia

Post date February 6, 2021
Tags brain cancer, cancer, childhood, death, friendship, horror, it, life, pennywise, pet sematary, stephen king

The New Kid

The kids of Phenix, Virginia — Left to right: Kevin Hancock, Jeffrey Pillow, Jeremiah Hamlett, Robbie Hancock

Post date February 1, 2021
Tags brain cancer, cancer, childhood, creative nonfiction, death, friendship, life, phenix va, prose

The Music Stops

Post date January 31, 2021
Tags brain cancer, cancer, childhood, creative nonfiction, death, friendship, life, prose

The Gilliam Shed

The interior of a cluttered, old woodworking workshop — Photo by Nico Smit on Unsplash

Post date January 27, 2021
Tags brain cancer, cancer, childhood, creative nonfiction, cyst, death, friendship, kevin hancock, life, phenix virginia, robbie hancock, scar, small town, tom selleck

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Post date January 25, 2021
Tags brain cancer, cancer, childhood, creature from the black lagoon, death, friendship, life, old movies

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fish swimming together — Fish swimming together. Photo by Deniz Fuchidzhiev on Unsplash

Post date May 8, 2020
Tags cancer, friendship, happy birthday, poem

There’s always a reason to laugh

Post date October 23, 2019
Tags cancer, laughter

Welcome to Phenix: A Nice Place to Live

Photo: Alan Levine. “Phenix, Virginia” Licensed under CC BY 2.0

Post date January 18, 2019
Tags brain cancer, cancer, charlotte county, childhood memories, death, friendship, growing up in a small town, life, phenix virginia

The flash mob that wasn’t

"Flash Mob." Photo by Fernand De Canne on Unsplash

Post date May 8, 2018
Tags cancer, dancing, depression, flash mob, uva

Book Update 1

Post date November 19, 2017
Tags brain cancer, cancer, childhood, growing up, jeffrey pillow, jeremiah hamlett, phenix virginia, when the lights go out at 10:16, writing a book

Where My Father Once Stood

tall pine trees — Tall pine trees going up into the sky

Post date July 7, 2017
Tags cancer, depression, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia, mustache, urine

Grief Is a Fire, Smoldering

fire smoldering under hot coals — Photo: Mr. Usaji. “Hot coals.” Licensed under CC BY SA

Post date June 17, 2017
Tags cancer, counseling, dad, depression, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia

When the nightmares began

Post date June 6, 2017
Tags anxiety, cancer, counseling, death, depression, dream, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia, life, nightmare, therapy

I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night Sometimes

Post date November 3, 2016
Tags anxiety, cancer, dad, depression, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia

Do I Pack for My Dad’s Funeral?

puppy looking in the mirror — Pupping looking in the mirror

Post date May 21, 2015
Tags cancer, dad, depression, dog, funeral, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia

Let It Wayne

Wayne Ellington UNC NCAA Tournament — Photo: Jerome Carpenter. "Wayne gets his props." Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Post date April 6, 2015
Tags cancer, dad, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia

May 21 Is My Dog’s Birthday, Not the Day My Dad Died

dog lounging

Post date May 21, 2014
Tags birthday, cancer, dad, dog, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia

I Love You So Much, I’m Eating Sardines

sardine can — My dad ate sardines like they were going out of style. Can I eat at least one?

Post date October 26, 2012
Tags birthday, cancer, dad, depression, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia, sardines

A Greater Plan: A Son Remembers His Dad on Father’s Day

wayne pillow and family phenix virginia at beach

Post date June 16, 2012
Tags cancer, dad, dog, grief, jeffrey pillow, leukemia