considering the lilies

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vintage me . . . I’m still here

April 19, 2013

On the first day or the last day of every school year, I force my daughter to pose for a …

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in my hands

April 10, 2013

Even when rendered illogical and unreasonable, she by raging adolescent hormones, me by the effects of Tamoxifen, we are as two …

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‘spared’ & other euphemisms in cancer country

January 19, 2013

Throughout the day, I have caught myself looking at the clock, wondering what I missed on January 19th one year …

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hand ballet

August 29, 2012

Fourth Day: Celebrating the Ordinary Graceful and elegant, my daughter’s fingers catch the sun spilling through the window. For a …

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Day 8: A one sided conversation

April 8, 2012

Today’s WEGO Health Activist Writer’s Month challenge is to recap an awesome conversation I had this week, perhaps in the form …

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"We want things to be easy for our children, and we know from sad experience that the world can be unkind to girls who do not please, who speak out, who go their own way. But we know from experience, too, that the role of the good girl can be a hollow one, with nothing at the center except other people's expectations where your character might have been."

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Recent Notes from the Field

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  • a promise kept for father’s day
  • coming to america … the reprise
  • what I wore, a mountain of life & missing Nora Ephron . . .

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Awesome Women on the Web

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  • Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer
  • Maria Popova's Brainpickings
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  • Standing Naked at a Bus Stop
  • The Accidental Amazon
  • The Pink Underbelly
  • The Womens International Perspective

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  2. Sadie & Dasie
  3. Entering a World of Pink
  4. Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
  5. Misifusa's Blog
  6. The Modern Faye Magazine©
  7. My Eyes Are Up Here
  8. Not Down Or Out
  9. The Isaac Brock Society
  10. Searching for EMWA
  11. considering the lilies
  12. me, mine and other bits
  13. Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer
  14. Versatile Blogger Award
  15. Style Rummage
  16. NEWS SENSE
  17. Indirect Routes
  18. mainelyhopeful
  19. Susan's Blog - Advocates 4 Breast Cancer
  20. Bucket List Publications

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Breast cancer changed my life. I have experienced amazing highs and unfortunate lows. As a result, I am a patient advocate blogging about my experiences. I also started a non-profit (A4BC) dedicated to breast cancer advocacy.

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