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How I Forgave My Parents For Disowning Me

The Best Advice I Ever Received

New Epigenetics Research

“She’s the most important person in the world and her family living in poverty. If our mother is so important to science, why can’t we get health insurance?”— Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Since my diagnosis and treatment(s), I’ve become obsessed with reading about breast cancer as well as cancer, in general. […]

How I Finally Learned How To Meditate With An App Called ‘Calm’

For many years I’ve heard and read about the benefits of meditation and thought it was a practice I should explore. But there was always something standing in my way. I couldn’t find a meditation course in my area or the class schedule was inconvenient, either in the middle of the day or too late at […]

The 7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was First Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

4 years ago today I found the lump that changed my life. I won’t call it the anniversary or even my cancerversary, as I’ve heard it called, because there is truly nothing to celebrate about in such an event. But I do want to make note of the day by sharing some information for anyone else […]

5 Things To Be Grateful For This October

“Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance ‘Neath the cover of October skies And all the leaves on the trees are falling To the sound of the breezes that blow And I’m trying to please to the calling Of your […]

What To Consider When Determining Your Chemotherapy Regimen

Before I had breast cancer, I had very little knowledge about chemotherapy. My only vague understanding of it was that chemo filled your entire body with toxins in the hopes of ferreting out and killing any cancer cells. That was about all I knew, and frankly I was extremely negative about it. I used to say that I […]

How I Forgave My Parents For Disowning Me

The Best Advice I Ever Received

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