From Busy to Well: How Cancer Taught Me to Truly Live
Essays Farah Lawal Harris Essays Farah Lawal Harris

From Busy to Well: How Cancer Taught Me to Truly Live

Cancer forced my life into stillness. In that quiet, I noticed the silence of artistic colleagues who knew I was sick but never reached out. I felt the emptiness of achievements that once seemed so important when my health was on the line. Slowly, I shifted my focus inward, learning to embrace the profound value of family and spirituality over the external validation I once chased.

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Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself!
Essays Farah Lawal Harris Essays Farah Lawal Harris

Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself!

My name is Farah Lolade Aduke Iyabode Harris. Most people know me as Farah Lawal Harris, a name I love because it identifies some of my intersections. Farah means "joy" in Arabic--My Muslim father and Christian mother gave me that name because I shifted the energy of grief…

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