So many people have asked me lately, “How did your blog become a book?”  I wanted to share this with you because I think within the story is one of the best lessons I learned from doing a year of daily first time experiences. Here’s the quick version of the story.  In an effort to […]

I like to share what I like…and I like Alice Hoffman’s sweet little breast cancer survivor book.  First of all, it’s not pink. THANK YOU!  Second, she likes what I like: chocolate brownies, doing new things, acting like a kid sometimes. And third, she gives lovely experienced advice about surviving breast cancer like…you can tell […]

It has been 22 years since I was told I had an aggressive cancer growing in my right breast.  Twenty two years since chemo.  Twenty two years since my mastectomy and reconstruction. Twenty two years since I feared for my life and wondered if I would see my little girl grow up. I think of […]

When I told my friends I was going to do something new every day for a year, some of them looked at me like I was nuts.  Anecdotally, I knew I was happier as soon as I started this personal experiment, but I wasn’t sure why. When I started to write I Dare Me I […]