Category: reader submission
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Poetry – Part 2 – 2008-2015
06-21-2015 From: Tonya Kooiman – Sheldon Iowa BRING IT ONI live my life, never knowing you’re thereThen suddenly, one day, I’m caught in your snareThe first time I was left with my breasts and my prideThe second time you took the breast on my right sideWhat I want you to know in the middle of…
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Bev’s Daughter Memorial
Helen Descovich: Bev’s Daughter This is Helen, Bevs youngest daughter, who also had breast cancer and predeceased her mother (Bev) on December 29, 2004. Toni’s Tribute to her younger sister Helen: From the outset, Helen was a determined, passionate person with a great love of life. She was a person who was quick to smile, tell…
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Memories of Lost Friends
Bev: We were “Friends Across the World!” To My Friend Bev, from Marion/BCDIY(Who wrote part of this to me: Marion)To my dearest friend whom I have never met, but feel I have known all my life. Thank you for all the pleasure you have given me over the last few years. Our internet friendship was one that…
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Cancer is a wake-up-and live thing!
First of all, cancer is not a death sentence. It’s more of a wake-up-and-live thing. So many people associate cancer with death that they give up, even if they are stage one. I’ve seen it so many times in the infusion room (or as we like to call it the confusion room). Patients roll up…