Survivor Stories: Josette Chambers
Survivor Stories: Josette Chambers How did you first find out you had cancer? I was headed home to California for Christmas; my sister who’d been battling “the beast” for 8 years ~ and winning ~ woke up one Saturday and had a hard time breathing. The cancer had returned with a vengeance and, per her [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Kay Poiro
Life Lessons: Kay Poiro Don’t let Kay have all the fun. We’d love to see what Life Lessons you’d like to share with GEM Nation. Click here to email us for the questions. Now take it away, Kay. Are you happy at the moment? Yes, very much so. I’m a full-time writer, my son is old enough to [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Lois Grimm
Life Lessons: Lois Grimm Don’t let Lois have all the fun. We’d love to see what Life Lessons you’d like to share with GEM Nation. Click here to email us for the questions. Now take it away, Lois. Are you happy at the moment? Yes, for the most part I am happy. I am doing almost everything I’d [...]
Read More →Ask the Good Enough Guys: What Life Lessons Are You Teaching Your Children?
Happy Birthday! Oh wait! It is not your birthday or mine (yet). It is my daughter’s birthday weekend and as I watched her open her presents and blow out her candles I was a little nervous about the Pinterest recipe for a homemade owl cake I’d prepared for her party. To hear the appreciation for [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Christopher Parish
Life Lessons: Christopher Parish Are you happy at the moment? Yes, very much so! If you could go back and say anything to your 16-year-old self now – what would it be? It’s ok to be who you are. Love yourself for who you are. Don’t be afraid. Speak up. Those who matter won’t mind, [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Jude Callirgos
Life Lessons: Jude Callirgos Are you happy at the moment? At this precise moment, yes I’m very happy. It’s the weekend and a gorgeous, sunny autumn day here in New England. Everyone I love is safe, my dog is asleep and my husband and I are planning dinner. Life is very good. If you could [...]
Read More →Raisin’ In Minnesota: On Churches, Baptisms, And Big Decisions
Raisin’ In Minnesota: On Churches, Baptisms, And Big Decisions Having church up in here? My youngest daughter is five. She is the epitome of curiosity. She often stumps me with rather well thought out questions that send me to Google. “Mama? Mama? Mommy? MA?” “Yes, Hayden,” “Grapes are berries right?” I pause because I have [...]
Read More →Survivor Stories: Thank You!
Hello, Everybody! It’s November. We made it. Now I know some of us have had a harder time than others getting here due to all the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, but hopefully we are all making it through with our families beside us. We wanted to start this month thanking you [...]
Read More →Survivor Stories: Judith Kolich
Survivor Stories: Judith Kolich How did you first find out you had cancer? I found a lump during a breast self-exam in 1995 and I asked my husband for advice. At the time, I didn’t think it was anything—there was no history of breast cancer in my family—but my husband said that I should get [...]
Read More →Survivor Stories: Catherine Fromprovich
Survivor Stories: Catherine Fromprovich How did you first find out you had cancer? My diagnosis was made by FDA-approved Thermography, not mammography. Thermography detects heat in cancer cells quicker than a mammogram, even years before a mammogram is capable. I had two cancerous tumors in my right breast. How did you react when you heard [...]
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