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Were you there? We made bracelets … we hung with sister survivors … we loved the tunes from Heart and Soul … and we proved that life after cancer can be even MORE than life before!
Enjoy these photos – and stay tuned for our next Tucson Girls Night Out![/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”2009,2010,2011, 2012,2013,2014, 2015,2016, 2017,2018, 2019,2020, 2021,2022, 2023,2024″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
My battle was more of a roller coaster. Sometimes I was up, sometimes I was down, sometimes I was careening towards death, and other times I was chug, chug, chugging out of a quagmire of depression. That’s the thing about cancer, it challenges us to rise up even from the deepest pits of despair, and by rise up, I don’t just mean be strong.
After my diagnosis 12 years ago, my initial response was, “well let’s go!” I just wanted to start my treatment and get well. I had no idea that stage IV was the final stage. That there would be days where I just wanted to give up, days where I felt hopeless and days where my best friend kept added hope to my life.