Sometimes the love comes from the sweetest of places. Phenom’s daughter, Shine, initiated the idea of doing a fundraiser for breast cancer in my honor.  She and her friend have spent the last six weeks making the cutest bracelets out of pop tabs and lanyard string.  (I have one and wear it a lot–I get lots of compliments.)  The bracelets are...

For anyone who might be interested, an article about me appeared in Monday’s Cincinnati Enquirer; it is also online here. Happy reading!

Tonight I stood with about twenty other breast cancer survivors in the center of a gymnasium while we received a lengthy and enthusiastic standing ovation at Volley For the Cure.  I am humbled to have been in the room with such greatness.  Thank you to the Mastermind for orchestrating it, to every volunteer who contributed, and to every person who attended...

Volley For The Cure! Monday September 10th 4:30-8:30(ish) @ Lakota West High School The Freshman, JV, and Varsity teams will all play a regular season match against Beavercreek.  All proceeds and donations go to the Susan G. Komen organization for breast cancer.  Pizza and other ball game fare are available for dinner.  There are all kinds of silent auctions,...

Everyone knows I have breast cancer, right?  This means that I sort of have to talk about the breast(s) and related issues, which is weird because my dad, and my uncles, and even my 90-year-old grandfather read this blog.  However, nothing makes breasts more clinical than cancer and mastectomies.  I just have to acknowledge that it’s slightly uncomfortable....