Category Archive: Inspiration

Poetry Friday

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I came across this poem by Robert Fulghum recently and would like to share it with you. May you have a wonder-ful day today! Live a balanced life – learn some and think… Continue reading

An inspirational story

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To mark National Cancer Survivors Day, I would like to share a story with you. I chose this story from Tamara Slater because it is so beautifully written, an eloquent reflection on a journey with cancer… Continue reading

Free flowers for cancer

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Four-o’clock Flowers Around the World, is a cancer project, which began as a tribute to symbolically fulfill the last request of Jim Donahoe, a cancer patient, who passed away in 1994. Jim loved… Continue reading

Hope is beautiful

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The Look Good…Feel Better programme, which many women have had an opportunity to avail of in the cancer support centres or hospitals where they received treatment, is celebrating their 20th anniverserary this year. In 1989,… Continue reading

Finding the blessing

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I often check the WordPress dashboard of this blog to see what search terms people are using when they stumble upon Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer. I am interested to note a number of… Continue reading

Fit and fabulous survivor

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Today’s Daily Mail newspaper features a story on Diana Moran, the ‘Green Goddess’ who has just turned 70 and looks fabulous and fit. Diana was a regular feature on British TV throughout most… Continue reading

‘Cancer Tales’

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Cancer Tales, a play by acclaimed British author, Nell Dunn, which was inspired by the moving tales of five women whose lives were touched by cancer, will receive its Irish premiere at the… Continue reading

A lesson from Benjamin Button

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You can change or stay the same; there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And… Continue reading