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When someone you love has cancer

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There is nothing as terrifying as hearing you have cancer – except perhaps hearing the news that someone you love has cancer. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, it was a frightening… Continue reading

Mojo Monday: Metanoia

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Isn’t this a fabulous word? I offer it to you today as a word prompt for writing. Are you on a journey right now in which your horizons are expanding? If so, please consider… Continue reading

Weekly Round Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading

Cancer: Emerging From The Fire

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A few weeks ago I shared part one of an eGuide lovingly put together by my friend Gai Comans, featuring interviews with breast cancer survivors who share their thoughts on what they wished they had known… Continue reading

Grasping The Baton

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Philippa has set me a challenge. A writing challenge. I said yes. Then I read her contribution to this challenge and well, let’s just say… I have a lot to live up to!… Continue reading

Weekly Round Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading

On Being a Mom with Cancer

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Today’s guest post is written by Jennifer Campisano, a first-time mom who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 32, when her son was just five months old. She writes about navigating… Continue reading

My Breast Cancer Story

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Click here to watch video  I really enjoyed the experience of live streaming a talk on my experience of breast cancer for the GE Healthcare Breast Cancer Mosaic. The video is a bit… Continue reading

Light Time/Life Time

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“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”  ― Helen Keller Did you know that light takes a long, long, long time to move from the center of the… Continue reading

Mojo Monday

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If you aren’t familiar with the idea behind Mojo Monday, it’s a writing prompt to get your creativity flowing. Feel free to write about it on your blogs, or simply leave a comment… Continue reading