I thought a lot about what title to give this, my first new post of 2022. I mean, one of the ‘rules’ of blogging is that you think long and hard about your post titles and pick a good one. Whatever that means. As you can see, for this one I went with simple. #2022. …
Listen now or download for later. A limited number of other posts are available as audios in my free resource library. When a beloved pet (any kind) dies, it’s a big deal. Therefore, it goes without saying (or should) that pet grief is real grief too. If you’ve ever grieved deeply for a pet and …
Every single #MetsMonday featured post thus far has been terrific. Each one so important in message and so wonderfully written. If you’ve yet to do so, I hope you’ll take time to read them all. Such an honor to feature the voices of all the contributors here on the blog. I’m expanding #MetsMonday featured posts …
18 things real breast cancer patients wish you knew. For clarity: In this particular post, when I’m referring to you, I’m referring to individuals who have not been diagnosed with cancer. Another Breast Cancer Awareness Month is almost in the books. Whew, right? This year’s been pretty quiet, for me anyway, as far as seeing …
It’s with pleasure I share the next #MetsMonday Featured Post, “Dear Breast Cancer ‘Survivor’”, by Margaret Young. There has been continuing discussion of late in the breast cancer blogosphere and on social media about the divisions between early stagers and those with stage 4 disease. Divisions are unavoidable, I suppose. Nonetheless, this particular one I’ve …
How much damage has been done “trying to make ugly pretty” during Breast Cancer Awareness Month over the past 30+ years? Here we are heading into yet another Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It sure seems to roll around fast, right? Advocacy work of many through the years has brought about changes to BCAM, or I’d …