Hope you’ve had a great week. Where has it gone, by the way? My oh my oh my. One minute I’m schvitzing in New York – it was HOTHOTHOT! – and the next minute I’m doing a promotional video for the book and the next minute on another airplane coming home. Coming home has definitely… Continue reading Weekend Inspiration
Breast Cancer Information & Facts
Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
Bookworm: Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter Thanks to the recommendation of a bibliophile friend, I have just finished Lea Carpenter’s book, Eleven Days. Wow. It’s a great one! The book opens with a middle-class, hard working single mom, named Sara who “is no longer sure what she fills her days with” because her only son,… Continue reading Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
Begin at Once
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The Load
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Bambino Bibliotherapy: Nowhere Hair
Since I’m focused on writing about kids right now (working on a couple of other posts right now), I thought I’d repost a (reader favorite) entry that I did on a super book called Nowhere Hair. In a whimsical yet normalizing way, this book addresses key (absolutely fundamental!) points when talking with children about cancer,… Continue reading Bambino Bibliotherapy: Nowhere Hair
Survivor Guilt After Cancer Treatment
Survivor Guilt After Cancer Treatment I’ve never wondered why I was diagnosed with cancer. Many people have asked me, “Why on earth would you, a young, healthy, happy person with no family history get breast cancer?” Even when other people wondered, I never have. I guess I figured that “Why?” wasn’t the point. I had cancer.… Continue reading Survivor Guilt After Cancer Treatment
Inspirational Support
As part of the launch of The Silver Pen blog, last week I also launched a new Facebook page by the same name. I’m pretty new to the world of social media. Very new, actually. I had no idea that one page could inspire the development of an entire community (I mean I guess if I… Continue reading Inspirational Support
Helping Teens When a Parent has Cancer
Several readers have inquired about how to help teenagers when a parent is diagnosed with cancer. Thank you for the inquiries. This is a great question. As if adolescence isn’t already hard enough, right?!? Adolescence is a time of exploration, experimentation and introspection. Teens strive to be independent while still wanting to taken care of by… Continue reading Helping Teens When a Parent has Cancer