“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” — Jim Rohn This month I had to have a minor surgery on my left foot. Mind you, whenever you use the word surgery, you really can’t include the word minor along with it; no surgery is ever really that minor, I’ve found. […]
The 2nd Thing You Can Do to Help End Breast Cancer this October
“When we launched Breast Cancer Deadline 2020® almost two years ago, we took inventory of breast cancer research, treatment, prevention and policy, along with the advocacy world. We were faced with the reality that in 20 years, there had been very little progress. It is time to hold everyone — and ourselves — accountable.” — NBCC President, Fran […]
A List Of The 15 Most Important Things I Learned from Breast Cancer
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” — Annie Dillard This month I’ve been reflecting on some of the life lessons I learned from breast cancer. Most of them are still relevant now, 3 years later: Image: © alswart / Fotolia.com 1. Life is short. Make (and check items […]
What You Can Do To Make a Difference During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
“The key to ending breast cancer is to learn how to stop it before it starts.” — Dr. Susan Love This month of pink ribbons can drive a breast cancer survivor nuts, but as a marketer I know that this is the month people are thinking about breast cancer, so in the spirit of riding the horse […]
Life 3 Years After Breast Cancer
“We really need your generation to help push. We’ve got awareness, we’ve got screening, we have treatments — they’re not great, but we’ve got some treatments and we’re doing better — but let’s just get rid of it. To hell with it! The time’s come to go the next step. Let’s just end it — […]
My Dad’s Printers Loupe
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. — Rosa Parks I was cleaning off my work desk this morning and found something that brought back a flash of my dad. During my cancer treatments, my dad was also going through his own challenges with heart disease and so […]