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Continue reading →: When a 6-month relationship lasts a lifetimeReason, season, lifetime. We say people come into our lives in those three ways. Usually, they leave the same way. But sometimes that connection changes—for a reason, season, life. Take Larry for instance. Within just a few months of meeting him, he became my reason for leaving a decade-long partnership. …
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Continue reading →: The Kids Are AlrightI showed up at East High’s commencement ceremony at the Denver Coliseum earlier this week, expecting to simply endure it for the sake of my darling niece. We’ll get two hours of a snoozy superintendent droning about bright futures, some halting student speeches, and a red sea of newly minted…
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Continue reading →: My Mama and Memy mama and me. Sometime in late summer 1956, my mama had a choice … Or did she? She was pregnant and unmarried. Aware that she had nothing of her own, really, and no one else in the world. At 25, her mother had already been gone seven years. Her…
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Continue reading →: “I Will Survive” — a Decision that Saved My Life“WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO HAVE BOTH BREASTS REMOVED?” my new doctors asked, one after another, at my 10-year checkups. The three doctors who originally treated me had retired or moved on, so I was telling my story to new caregivers. I explained that my surgeon had recommended only a…
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Continue reading →: Facing Mortality with Humor :)“HEY DOC! EYES UP HERE!!” The impossibly young-looking head of plastic surgery was laser-focused on my breasts, black Sharpie poised — ready to mark his targets. I figured a little levity could ease the tension in the pre-op bay. Then my mom stepped in — bless her heart — and…
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IT’S THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MY BREAST CANCER JOURNEY! And I’m celebrating by memorializing my experience in a series of posts while I (hopefully) fundraise for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
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