I wrote here about being chosen as the recipient of the 2020 Ripples of Hope Award. Man, what an honor! Did I mention that TOM BROKAW won last year? Yes.. yes I did mention that-- I still can't believe it! How does someone follow Tom Brokaw? Well, I'm not entirely sure, so I just ignored …
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I’m getting an award!
People! I'm so excited to share with you that I've been chosen as the 2020 recipient of Consano's Ripples of Hope Award! This is the announcement that was sent out to the world: I'm SO honored to be chosen-- I've been figuring my way through battling with oligo for the last 9 months, and it …
2019: Year in Review
A year ago, as 2018 was ending, I made 2 lists in my planner. The lists were 2018 Reflections + Highlights, and 2019 Goals. 2018 was a great year. The kids were doing great, we bought a house, and completed a half marathon. We went on really fun trips, saw friends, I dyed my hair …
What am I up to, you ask?
I've had a lot of people ask me what I'm up to, and sometimes this is kind of a hard question to answer. I'm not back to work yet since my chemo has still been so unpredictable. So, when I go to answer this question a lot of the time my natural response-- in the …
Joining Team Consano
Some of you may have seen me announce on social media recently that I have joined the board of a local non-profit organization called Consano. When I first started talking to people about my intention to raise money to fund Oligodendroglioma research, to find new treatments and hopefully a cure-- my colleagues and friends in …
