Cancer was the BEST and WORST thing that every happened to me. WORST for all the obvious reasons: paralyzing fear, what seemed like endless surgeries and treatments, pain, and hair loss. BEST because I made several life changing decisions: #1 I chose to love myself,...
Pictured from left to right: Deb Benning, Dr. Sandy Goldberg, Micah Materre I was honored to be the Hometown Hero at the “Stick it to Breast Cancer game” on Saturday night. WGN’s Micah Materre got the evening started with the ceremonial puck drop. A big shout-out to...
I reached another important date in my life. I celebrated “another birthday” – 12 years cancer FREE today. Cancer is the best and the worst thing that ever happened to me. Here are a few lessons I learned from cancer. I decided to love myself, just as I am....
In March, The Pink Bridge launched its first Girl’s Program. This is something I have wanted to do for over a decade. As we know, life gets busy, and days turn into years. And years turn into “someday”. Well, that “someday” finally arrived! My niece, Kate...
Years ago, I read an article that said, “The biggest reason people don’t achieve their goals is because they don’t make any.” Think about that for a second.. people don’t achieve their goals because they don’t set any goals. At the beginning of every year, there is...
Playing big, to me, means: -Living a bigger life -Living boldly -Living on purpose -Following a dream -Following a passion -Going for it by taking risks -Being unstoppable. -Answering my soul. -Believing in myself- believing I am worthy and knowing I deserve something...
