Distance running is hard. I don’t think I’ll ever be one of those runners who gets into a “zone” a couple miles into a long run, finishing with the feeling they’ve got more miles left in them. Nope, I’m acutely aware of every single hill, every single mile. With 11 weeks until the New York […]
Happy Birthday My Tam!
Every once in a while you meet someone with whom you instantly connect, whose enthusiasm and joy are contagious, who makes you strive to better yourself. My Tam Nguyen is one of those people. Last spring, My Tam was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Diffused B Cell Lymphoma. True to form, she set out to beat Zee […]
Goodbye to my dear, dear friend CJ Taylor
CJ Taylor lost her long, hard battle with ovarian cancer today. She was my friend and my mentor for more than a decade. She made me feel I could achieve anything if I put my mind to it. And I would do just about anything for her. CJ would see a need in our community […]
Thank You, Betty Ford, for Changing How We View Breast Cancer
“I thought there are women all over the country like me. And if I don’t make this public, then their lives will be gone or in jeopardy.” – Betty Ford in a CBS 60 Minutes interview, 1975 I was only 8 when I learned that First Lady Betty Ford had been diagnosed with breast cancer. […]