For those of you that don’t know, Courage Is My Strength is only part of my mission these days. I use this blog and my YouTube channel to hopefully reach women that need information about what they are going to go through with their mastectomy and reconstruction surgeries, but I also have created Team Courage Racing. My dream was to create an off road race team to help inspire and encourage women to keep their spirits alive, and to keep chasing their dreams even after the changes and heartache they go through with these surgeries.
Photos from Race For A Cure
The Race For A Cure was great fun. I’m not a runner, so I walked the 5K and was happy when I crossed the finish line in under an hour. Heard lots of great stories, and the most frequent question I heard asked was “What is a previvor?”. Some
women didn’t seem to like the idea of a woman chosing to have mastectomies before getting cancer, but I am still happy with my choice. I saw so many “In Memory Of” signs, I don’t want my name to ever be on one. It may not be understood, but I am proud to be a Previvor.
Race For The Cure This Saturday
Hey everyone!
This Saturday I will be taking place in the Race for the Cure in Aspen. I want to make sure all of my Courage Friends are with me. I have a lot of followers to this blog that don’t post, but please this time post your name and if you are a survivor or previvor. I will have a “In Celebration Of” sign for everyone’s name. I’m also asking the same thing on all of my Facebook pages, so you can also post there. I want to make sure you are all celebrated and along with me in spirit! I’m hoping to have an amazing amount of names so that our cause gets noticed and we can really make a difference to women that can’t afford the testing they need.
Will you be there with me??
Jealousy and Smelly People
Happily on my way to LA for the NORRA party celebrating the Mexican 1000 event. It’s been one of those trips. Thanks to wonderful Aunt Joy I am flying stand-by, and of course when you fly stand-by you have to make some sacrifices. For my best chance at a seat I had to start trying to leave Denver at 6am this morning. Since we live 3+ hours from the airport I decided to get to the airport last night. I arrived at the Denver airport around 10pm last night, watched Dexter for awhile and then slept on the floor at my gate for about an hour. I woke up at 4am and have been kind of roaming around ever since.
A Very Loving Donation From A Wonderful Friend
I want to make sure I clarify again and again, this journey of my mastectomies and reconstruction has been in some ways absolutely grueling, but has also been awe-inspiring and amazing.
No doubt, there are many people that don’t understand my choice. And don’t support my decision and that I’ve hardly heard from since I went public with my decision. That’s okay. I can’t change that, and can’t make them understand, and don’t know that I would try even if I could. But the much more profound outcome has been the breathtaking support of my dear old friends and the new freinds I’ve made along the way.
Full Throttle Ahead
I know I promised a website update last week, but software updates and a day job kind of distracted me a bit! I’m excited to say that both of our new sites are ready to go, and one of them is fully operational at this point.
A Wonderfully Courageous Update
Hey friends!
How are yall doing? Things here are great. The weather seems to actually be turning to spring after one last amazing storm in Vail. The warmer weather and sight of green grass makes my heart soar, and I can’t wait until there’s even more!
I’m sorry the updates have been slower, I’ve been juggling getting back to a full time job along with family life, and Courage has been taking off! I have met some incredible women this week, and I’m certain I’m feeling my life change a little every day.
Listen to My First Radio Appearance!
Thank you all for being interested in my recent appearance on the Dave Stall radio show, and for your patience while I tracked down the files of the show to post here! I have divided the hour long show into 4 segements, each of them about 10 minutes long. So grab some coffee and listen to what you can!
Amazing Updates!
It’s been a wonderful few days here! First of all, and most exciting, is that I have been invited to be on a radio show to talk about Courage and our developing Team Courage (our fledgling off road race team) and my upcoming trip to Baja to volunteer at the Mexican 1000. The show is hosted by Dave Stall “The car guy” on KCBQ radio in San Diego (where many off road race teams are based). I will be calling in from home, and the show will be live on Sunday the 28th! TOMORROW! The show is on at 1:00 PM Pacific Time. You can listen live at their website: http://kcbq.townhall.com/
