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Mother, Writer, Chocoholic, Mosaic Artist, Cancer survivor, Technologically-challenged Blogger, Cat owner, Cluttercast founder--in no particular order
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Finding Art in Age and Adversity
It was as if some door in my brain had been unlocked and suddenly creativity flooded out where there had been nothing before. My daughter is convinced that chemotherapy altered my DNA.read more »
No Excuses Needed
Hate to exercise? Turns out science is on (y)our side!
read more »Using your hands to lift your heart
If you've ever faced a major crisis or challenge (and who hasn't?) you know the feeling: Your stress level skyrockets; your life goes from normal to nightmare. Facing a grim cancer prognosis and a year of treatment, my brain was on constant code red; my mind refused to turn off---until I learned that the answer was not in my head--but in my hands.
read more »The Promise
Almost all women struggle with body image. But it wasn't satisfying when I got the body I always wanted.
Be careful what you wish for.
read more »Looking ahead—and back
We're supposed to be invisible, presumably to fade into the sunset. Only someone forgot to tell us.
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