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Giving Heart

This past weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the annual Escape to Thrive conference hosted by the Bag It Cancer organization. What a wonderful few days! As one of 30 selected attendees, the event created a safe space to learn, share and build new relationships with advocates in all cancer circles. Our weekend…

You learn who your friends are

I made a hospital brainbuddie visit. The patient learned the GBM has possibly returned and she needs surgery to determine if its treatment effect or tumor. I brought a few goodies and some items to brighten the room. I decorated the room engaged in conversation and then! Bless her heart the tears and…

3rd Annual Java Junkie Celebration at Dutch Bros

You have may have heard me talk about my dear friend David M. Bailey – The Java Junkie. David was a celebrated musician, coffee lover, and brain cancer survivor. David was diagnosed with the worst type of brain cancer – Glioblastoma (GBM) – and was given only a weeks to live. David, however wasn’t going to…

My Medical "IF ONLY FOR ONE"

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW: My true brain tumor journey started in 1992 when my grandma was diagnosed and in 9 wks died. My grandma was my first IFONLYFORONE. More about that on my website under my story. This BLOG is about my MEDICALIFONLYFORONE. It never occurred to me to count the one who…

If Only For One: Choices

Sometimes, If Only For One can be a choice. Making one little choice can greatly alter your course, and you may not even realize it.

IF ONLY FOR ONE I talk the talk and walk the walk

If you know me just a little or read my casual chatter you know I attempt to walk each day in an effort to keep clarity & physical well being in my life. It get’s to be a tricky balance in the AZ heat but Im still managing to average 5 miles a day with…

If Only For One " Grocery Store smiles"

I am checking out of the grocery line and the person before me donated a turkey. The cashier paged the mgr to find out what to do with it. The mgr was not aware the person who donated the turkey had already left and thanked me. I smiled and said Oh your welcome. I…

IF ONLY FOR ONE : Was it a…. U-turn or an unspoken command YOU! TURN

I was on the way home from something I had to do and really had no set start or finish it just was what it was. So when I was finished I contemplated another task grocery shopping and decided EHH ok better get it done. In the process of driving & I have driven this…

IF ONLY FOR ONE (simple stories of how each day sharing a simple act of kindness makes a difference)

I have some catching up. Last week at my quarterly oncology appt. and scan review I was running a few minutes behind and so the story goes. Scan was unchanged and stable. YES! Happy Dance. I was leaving my appt. and I see a girl in the waiting room with a BRAIN CANCER stinks shirt…