October 13th is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. I’m passionate about raising awareness about metastatic breast cancer. For me it’s very personal. I lost my mother to metastatic breast cancer in 2008. I lost my friend Rachel earlier this year. I’ve lost others I care about as well. Sadly, I’m not alone. Many of …
Advocacy
This post addresses 10 things wrong with the pink ribbon, though there are probably many more. Be sure to let me know what I missed down in the comments. So, what’s wrong with the pink ribbon anyway? Turns out, plenty. I get this question a lot. It’s a good one, so I thought I’d share …
Family secrets – does your family have any? I wonder if this blog post title is going to make some of my relatives squirm as they wonder what family secrets I might be divulging… I’m not too worried though because first of all, not that many members of my family read my blog and secondly, …
Yes, Nancy’s Point is two years old! I pushed that publish button for the first time two years ago while I was smack dab in the middle of chemotherapy. My how time does fly! Now when I think about it, that was sort of a risky time to put personal thoughts out there.
I’m excited about tuning into the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. I always watch them both. I enjoy the speeches, the cheering, the energy, the excitement and the sense of renewed hope for positive change to possibly benefit all Americans. I’m sounding a bit too optimistic you might be saying, and this is probably true.