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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson Every once in a while, I find a quiet place and dial a phone number given to me by the good people at Cancer Hope Network. The person [...]
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity. Gilda Radner I [...]
I hope this doesn't sound like a shameless plug, but I thought you'd be interested to hear about Cure Magazine. Published four times a year, Cure focuses on cancer updates, research and education. In the next issue, coming out this summer, you will also find an article quoting me. You can subscribe to receive Cure [...]
This has been an emotional week! I should have known on Sunday, the three year anniversary of my mastectomy and TRAM flap reconstructive surgery, that it would be. I tend to get into "moods," as my emotional memory (my elephant) rears up and leads me wherever she wants me to go. On Monday, I shared my reflections [...]
I have to share this with you because it's just so cute. As I walked into the Survivor's Symposium I attended a few weeks ago, a Girl Scout volunteer handed me a gauze bag. Inside, I found a beautiful hand-painted Heart of Hope from by my favorite grief support organization, Interregnum, Inc.The heart is beautiful, as [...]
We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing. Billy Graham Sharing my story with other cancer patients/survivors is the most effective way I've found to give back for all the support I received when I felt alone. That's why I'm a big fan of the Cancer Hope Network and proud to [...]
As Courageous Women with Cancer Week continues here at WhereWeGoNow, it's time to give a special shout out to the Cancer Warriors who stand by us courageous women with cancer every day - our caregivers. A huge reason I was compelled to create this website was because of the gratitude I felt to so many people [...]
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. Alan Cohen Yesterday, right after I [...]
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