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Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the United States. It's a day to be mindful of the accomplishments of a great man, who, emulating Gandhi, brought non-violence to bear on the scourge of racial discrimination. He did not [...]
Last June, I wrote a blog post listing "Five Reasons You Should Seriously Consider Donating Blood." The fifth reason, supplied by the American Red Cross, was the most surprising to me. And, now that I know it, it is the number one reason I support blood donation:"More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each [...]
As a supporting blogger with the Love/Avon Army of Women, I'm taking this Cancer Warriors Wednesday to remind everyone of the importance of joining this important initiative. The AOW is looking for one million women with breast cancer, women who have never had breast cancer, and men of all ethnicities - basically anyone over the [...]
Many cancer patients report feeling that something is missing in their medical care - a focus on them as whole people, with real hopes, fears and lives to manage. For most patients, a diagnosis of cancer is only a small part of the challenges faced as they undergo treatment. Their lives still go on and [...]
The video really says it all. The Army of Women needs you! Please take a minute and go to the website to learn more about the initiative to stop breast cancer before it starts by moving research from cure to cause. Once you sign up, you are eligible to participate in current studies that need you to [...]
Today, I want to direct you to someone else’s blog, because she has written about an issue that needs our attention. In the midst of facing her fear of cancer recurrence, Terri Wingham steps away from her own suffering and asks us to consider the agony of the 11.3 million people across East Africa who [...]
In an earlier post I talked about finally donating blood as an example of saying “yes” to myself after cancer. That post was about how good it felt to act on my changing priorities. This post is about the need to say “yes” to our community, because the only source of blood is a human [...]
We’ve all been there – wounded by the anxiety of testing, shocked by the diagnosis, disabled by the surgeries and treatments, so ridden with cancer fatigue that we barely function. We keep going with the support of others, but we have nothing to give. The best I could muster to express the undying gratitude I [...]
Where We Go Now 