So, Tuesday morning, before I read the news of Angelina Jolie’s bilateral mastectomy, I was having a pity party. A big, old fashioned, woe is me kinda gathering. The pity party had to do with waking up at 2 in the morning when my husband chose to go sleep in the guest bedroom. I have […]
Ok, after a month of 30 posts, I needed a week off. I’m enjoying this blog–the process, the dialog, the writing and the interaction with others–but pacing myself is important. First, some pics from prom. This was a very classy prom held at NOLA’s former city hall building, Gallier Hall, and our students were lookin’ […]
Made it! 30 posts in 30 days! Today’s Prompts: Today, write a recap of your experience. What was your favorite prompt? Least favorite? What have you learned? Back in January, I posted my Three Word Mantra, which is a collection of my new years resolutions in an overarching word set. My words this year are […]
Today’s Prompt: We all know Health Activists are awesome. Share three things you love about yourself, things you’re great at, or just want to share. Don’t undercut or signpost! Today seems like the perfect day to revisit my poll from Day 16–Misinformation. The answer is… …not Colorado. I ski bummed the winter of 1992, before […]
Funny; last week I wrote about how heart disease seemed to have had more of an impact on my life than cancer, prior to my BC diagnosis. That’s not quite true. I actually started this month’s writing challenge knowing that I wanted to pay tribute at some point to two very important people in my […]
Today’s Prompt: Create a must follow list for your community on a single social network. Share your top 5-10 tweeters, blogs, or Facebook pages. What a week! Monday and Tuesday were fine, I even did my Pinterest, Day 24 assignment a day early. However, teaching–and all of the other responsibilities that can entail teaching in […]
Today’s Prompts: If you wrote a book about your life, your community, your condition, or your Health Activism – what would you title it? What about your biography? For Day 27’s post, as we go into the final days of this intense month of writing, I’d like to link you to my About page in […]
Prompt #25: We don’t stop learning when we leave the classroom. Share something you learned from another Health Activist (Share their name/blog/website!). I arrived at work on Thursday morning to find an email message from one of my co-workers with a link to the NYTimes Magazine article Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer by Peggy […]
Today’s Prompt: Create a Pinterest board for your health focus. Pin 3 things. Share the image. Hmmm…haven’t used my Pinterest account in awhile. I created a new board and pinned a few things. Here is the result: The BC Club
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” – Mulan In the past year, I’ve learned that 30% of people diagnosed with breast cancer at any stage will develop distal metastasis–which is Stage 4 cancer, the non-curable kind. I don’t believe that I truly would have understood exactly what […]
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