Tag: breast cancer
My Mother’s Diagnosis: Baby Girl Bows Become Breast Cancer Ribbons
There is never a good time for someone you love to say, “I have to have a biopsy.”
No matter how many times you...
My First Mammogram
Breast cancer.
Two words that terrify me. How could two things on my body that provided health and nourishment to my babies potentially be...
What to Know Before You Go: Getting Your First Mammogram
Moms are BUSY. And we often push self-care to the very end of the mile long (and growing) to-do list.
But as a breast...
Mothering. What I’ve Learned from my Mom’s Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Cancer.
This six letter curse word is all too increasingly finding its way in to the homes of loved ones, friends and acquaintances. We see...
One Care Package Becomes Hundreds: The Story Behind Courage Kits of...
Only two days after her 35th birthday, while driving to a play date with her two-year-old twin boys in the backseat, Heather received the...
Every Pink Ribbon Tells a Story
For some people, Breast Cancer Awareness Month may be merely about wearing pink ribbons. But for one Kansas City survivor, Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
Mommy, Cancer Patient, Survivor
Kristen sat in the salon chair with her toddler son on her lap. Together, they watched in the mirror as her long blond hair...
Squeeze Me: the Diary of a Mammogram Virgin
I loathe the smell of doctors’ offices, which hardly makes me unique. The smell of this one bothered me a bit more, possibly because...
What Does Breast Cancer Awareness Look Like?
Breast cancer awareness once felt to me like a hazy, distant idea.
Then, my own mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. In just one day,...
