{"id":2518,"date":"2025-09-24T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:23:39","slug":"notes-across-time-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/notes-across-time-series\/","title":{"rendered":"NOTES ACROSS TIME SERIES!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THIS IS MY FIRST BLOG POST!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start: September 20, 2016
End: June, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My name is Michael J. Simien Sr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, I am NOT a writer. I started college but didn\u2019t finish. I\u2019m not an expert in any shape, form, or fashion. So\u2026 here I am. Me. Just trying to write a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me explain the reason (or the madness) behind this endeavor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a talking, walking dead man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For almost five years, I\u2019ve been living with a diagnosis: Stage 4 lung cancer. And now, as if that wasn\u2019t enough, here in 2020, I\u2019ve been hit with a second diagnosis: mantle cell lymphoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two death sentences.
Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\u2026 it is what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dealing with cancer treatment is no joke. But I intend to push forward, with my faith and mindset as my guide. All I can do now is be truthful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I no longer fear death.
(I have to keep repeating that.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know God has been carrying me. I believe I\u2019ll be around much longer than expected. Right now, I\u2019m doing things I never dreamed I\u2019d do. God pulls you out of your comfort zone to forge you into something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is nothing particularly special about me, but I feel so incredibly blessed to still be here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s strange, but it took cancer to make me truly take stock of my life. I\u2019ve realized:
\u2022 I don\u2019t have time for pettiness.
\u2022 I wake up each day with childlike abandon.
\u2022 And no matter what\u2026 I intend to live each day the only way I can:
With joy and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\u2026 please pardon my ramblings. I hope to get better at this as time (ha!) goes by. Honesty is everything to me now. There\u2019s no more time for games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, except basketball. (Though some would argue that\u2019s not my game anymore either.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace and blessings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\u2026 here we are again. Another chapter I never expected to write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bladder cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yep. That makes three different cancers now\u2014lung, mantle cell lymphoma, and bladder. I guess if life were a game, I\u2019d be collecting diagnoses like trophies. But this isn\u2019t a game, is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still\u2026 I\u2019m here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still writing.
Still praying.
Still believing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here\u2019s something I\u2019m proud to say:
I published my book in March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, I actually did it. After all the struggle, doubts, and detours, I finished what I started back in 2016. That book is part of me now. My story, my scars, my faith, my fight, all in one place. And if it reaches even one person who needs it, then it was worth every word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sharing any of this for sympathy. I\u2019m sharing it because this is real life, my life. And I know I\u2019m not the only one out here walking through fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the fire didn\u2019t burn me down.
It forged me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not afraid.
I don\u2019t fear death.
I trust God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every single day I wake up, I know I\u2019ve got breath in my lungs, purpose in my spirit, and stories left to tell. So I\u2019ll keep showing up with joy, love, and honesty, because that\u2019s the only way I know how to live now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever you\u2019re facing, whatever storm you\u2019re walking through, just know you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m still here.
And if you\u2019re reading this, so are you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s keep going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael J. Simien Sr.
Peace and blessings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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