If you’ve been following my blog regularly, you’ll remember some posts about three Cincinnati and Dayton-area women who participated in the Scar Project, a powerful photo exhibit featuring young breast cancer survivors. The beautiful and unflinching Pulitzer-Prize -nominated show is finally coming to Cincinnati, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, with proceeds benefiting the Pink Ribbon Girls. Today’s [...]
Congratulations to Beth Sherring from Baltimore who is the winner of the Sheryl Crow cookbook, If It Makes You Healthy! I drew Beth’s name from a pool of people who responded to my blog post asking people to share about their quest toward healthy eating. I asked Beth to share a little about herself and [...]
I’m a big Sheryl Crow fan. My husband rolls his eyes every time I repeat the story how I saw her play in a small venue as a warm-up act for another band when her first album came out. And I felt an affinity with her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer right after [...]
I feel like I’m getting in the swing of things after a frantically busy Pink-tober, then planning and executing my little Indy tour. Whew! In the midst of the madness that was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I received a big treat. My friend Allyson Rabkin, a wardrobe consultant and fashion-maven extraordinaire, took me out shopping. This [...]
I’ve been itching to get From Incurable to Incredible to press. But every time I’d review it, it seemed I found more thing to edit. Well, yesterday I finally approved the final proof. My goal is to have books in hand by June 12, when I’ll be speaking at the American Cancer Society Relay for [...]
I’ll make this quick because I am in the midst of proofing the final layout of From Incurable to Incredible. The sooner I get this done, the sooner I can get it out to all of you who have expressed interest in reading it. Speaking of the book, I wanted to thank everyone for their [...]
It seems like just yesterday when I put out a request for readers so I could break the 1,000-visitors mark. I just checked my stats today, and Miracle Survivors has had more than 4,000 unique visitors come to the site since it began in September. About half of you come back; the other half just visit one [...]
It’s getting cold, and I’m dreaming of the beach and warm weather. Even if you live in a warm climate, wouldn’t it be nice to be pampered on a cruise? There’s a cool contest for young breast cancer survivors that might give you that chance. To enter, share your inspirational stories of a young mother who remained positive [...]
