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Making Good Choices

Cancer Was Not a Gift & It Didn’t Make Me a Better Person: Book Review

It’s Time For My Bi-Annual Oncologist Appointment

I Feel Torn Every Time My Kids Come Home, Then Go Back To School

HealtheVoices 2016 Conference

Beyond the Pink Moon Support Group

Mother’s Day 2011

“God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.”— Jewish proverb What a nice Mother’s Day. Kyra and I cooked all my favorites together and we had a delicious family brunch. I decided to use my mother’s “good” China which she gave me years ago, in honor of her on this beautiful Mother’s Day. My […]

Did I Do A Good Job Parenting My Kids?

My son made me this card in school for Mother’s Day 2010 and it hangs on the wall of my office. I remember the day I got it framed, mid-way through chemo. I cried that day at the framers, so overwhelmed by emotions. I was bald, I was weak, I was scared. But I was so happy […]

The Top 5 Ways To Prepare For Dropping Your Child Off At College

Two weekends ago I took my 18 year old daughter to college. We flew out together to a campus on the other side of the country, where I helped her move into her dorm room, bought her a veritable sh**t load of dorm supplies at Target, helped her buy her text books (meaning I provided […]

Bitches Get Stuff Done – BAMC15

A couple of weekends ago I went to Nashville, Tennessee for the Bloggers at Midlife Conference, a conference for a group of wonderful women bloggers. I was excited about the chance to meet many of the women whose blogs I’ve been reading over the past year and hoping to learn some new information about blogging that I wasn’t aware […]

The Intangible Side Effects of Breast Cancer

The intangible things that I learned from breast cancer are endless. I found deep reserves of strength that I never knew I had. I had to have 16 chemo treatments. Driving in the car, on the way to the hospital, I’d start mentally preparing myself for that days drip. The nurses get you in, settle […]