To my writing clients I will be back to writing about writing shortly but today is special… 8 years ago today I became cancer free. How long that cancer had been growing … Read More
Survivor’s guilt: it’s not what you think. For years I wasn’t able to blissfully schedule things. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. For awhile there I wanted to … Read More
Back in 2010 I began walking in the Revlon RunWalk in LA. It was a wonderful experience for my family and myself. Unfortunately the five years I walked were the last five years of the event. In 2012 I … Read More
Sometimes you need a gift for a breast cancer patient What do you get? A blanket? Maybe, I certainly received a number of them still in use today and they are soft and fabulous. Do you buy a scarf? Yes … Read More
We all resist change to some extent. I have been trying to jump in with both feet for the last few years and just do what is in front of me. This led me to write and … Read More
This is Breast cancer awareness Month. This year I have been fairly quiet simply because life has been busy. My 7 year cancer free anniversary was on Oct. 9th. I am lucky and I have great doctors. I know now … Read More
So the last few months have been busy. Honestly, I feel like today is the first day I have drawn a quiet breath. I tried–I went to yoga but I also saw our oldest daughter graduate from high school, our … Read More
There isn’t a woman alive who has thought about breast cancer who has not imagined what she would do—I had a choice and I had them take both—I don’t want to worry the rest of my life—I imagined this would … Read More
Here is what has been happening since: please note that prognosis and diagnosis has changed since my surgery but this is how it started and my thoughts at the time. Okay—for the record—In NJ in June I was showering and … Read More