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A Breast Cancer Super Hero

Digging Deep To Find A Reason To Be Grateful This Winter

I Thought My Mom Was Angry, But She Was Just Keeping Her Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis a Secret

When I was a young child, I always thought my mom was angry most of her life because she didn’t want us, wished she hadn’t had kids, didn’t like being a mom. Then, when she passed away 5 years ago, I had the chance to read some of her old journals where she made […]

Snow days

I’m learning a lot of life lessons from all the snow we’re having on the East coast this winter. The kids have already had about 5 snow days and it’s only January. I’m starting to just give in to it and let myself get caught up in the kids excitment about whether or not school […]

The Annual Christmas Tree Cutting Ritual

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” — Calvin Coolidge We just got home from the annual Christmas tree cutting ritual. I’m Catholic (or at least I used to be, […]

13 Facts Everyone Should Know About Metastatic Breast Cancer

During the month of October I believe it’s important to recognize all the facts about breast cancer. The month is very focused on pink ribbons and survivors, but there is little awareness or recognition of the 155,000 women and men in the United States who are living with metastatic breast cancer. Before my own diagnosis, […]

How Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Decision Can Help Us Become Stronger Healthcare Advocates For Ourselves

By now, you’ve heard about and read the March 24th New York Times article, “Diary of a Surgery” by Angelina Jolie. In it, Jolie shares her decision to have a laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy because of her risk factors for both breast and ovarian cancer after having tested positive for carrying the BRCA1 gene mutation. As I woke up that morning […]

A Breast Cancer Super Hero

Digging Deep To Find A Reason To Be Grateful This Winter

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