Congratulations! To me!
Apr 11Five years ago today . . . at about this exact time, I received a phone call that forever changed my life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Needless to say, I was shocked. 21 years prior, my brother had died from cancer at the early age of 14. Getting this phone call brought back all those memories, and my fear level sky-rocketed.
LiveSTRONG Summit 2006
Oct 30It is October 27, and over 700 people have gathered in Austin to participate in the inaugural LiveSTRONG Summit. What do these participants have in common? Cancer. Each delegate in attendance is either a survivor, co-survivor, or cancer advocate. They have come together to unit in a single goal – to change the face of cancer suvivorship.
Why I like cycling…
Jul 03I love to ride my bike. No, I am not one of those people who ride 100 miles, 7 days a week – but I am definitely hooked. Growing up I enjoyed riding a bike. I was the second oldest of 5 children in a household that only had two bikes. But most of the time, it was my brother Paul and I who had the bikes. But I was an entrepreneur at a young age doing a wide-range of odd jobs. By the time I was in 6th grade, I had saved up enough money to buy my own bike – a 10 speed. Even though in retrospect, it was much too big for me, I loved it nonetheless. In a lot of ways, riding was a great sense of freedom for me.
LiveStrong Day 2006
May 17Today is LiveSTRONG Day! I am here in Washington, D.C. celebrating LiveSTRONG Day as one of the two representatives selected by the Lance Armstrong Foundation from the state of NM. Our goal is two-fold – to learn about advocacy, and then to use those skills to talk to my state representatives here in D.C. It’s a remarkable experience. I am hear with 99 other delegates from across the country – two from each state.