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Sharna Cohen

Sharna Cohen lives in Toronto and finds meaning in coordinating a free, walk-in counseling service and in supporting people through infertility, as well as through a number of volunteer endeavors.

Excursions Through Uncertain Terrain

Sharna CohenApril 15, 2016

Lying on a gurney, I felt the room suddenly fill with a cold dread. “This time, it’s not a cyst; it’s a tumor.” In that instant, I was cast into a swirling “wilderness” of fear and a vast unknown.