Happy Anniversary to Let Life Happen

TweetSo, you have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time and you are facing a double mastectomy and reconstruction along with a parathyroid/thyroid surgery at some point.  What do you do?  Yes, I did go to Disneyland. But, if you are me and you have the most supportive and awesome husband imaginable, [...]

Inside the Mind of A Domestic Abuse Survivor

TweetI am not who you think I am.  If you know that I am a domestic abuse survivor, you most likely think that I am weak and stupid for getting myself into such a situation in the first place and for staying as long as I did.  Most likely, you view me as a victim, [...]

If You Know Abuse…

Tweet…then this message is for you.  I do not remember any time in the past that I have heard so many stories about abuse that angered me.  My anger is not at the abusers this time however but for those who are being or have been abused.  The idea that we are “survivors” is no [...]

More Lessons Learned from Japan’s Tragedies

TweetIn the week following the earthquake, tsunami and damage at the nuclear plants in Japan, I watched the coverage that continued to be fed back from the ravished areas.  One thing that struck me was the people lined up for aid or shopping or transportation, etc. for hours on end, even days after the initial [...]

My Lessons Learned from Japan’s Tragedies

TweetAs I sat watching the 10:00 p.m. local news on Thursday, March 10th, there was an interruption for breaking news about 20 minutes into the broadcast.  I remember that I started to wonder whether this was just another police pursuit or other routine story for this city but what I watched over the next hour [...]

Focus On Your Desires

TweetShortly after I got up this morning, I managed to kick into one of the legs on the bed.  The pain in my toe was unbelievable but I thought that it would pass in a short period of time and I proceeded with my day.  I had some errands to run and I started to [...]

Constructive Criticism

TweetAs part of the completion of the fiscal year at our office on September 30th comes the Performance Evaluations.  Those were shared with each employee yesterday and I must admit that I have never seen such a sad situation.  The silence was deafening.  So many people were extremely upset and this was played out in [...]

How Did You React When Someone Told You That They Had Cancer?

TweetOne of the hardest thing that anyone might ever have to do is to hear that a family member or loved one or friend has cancer. It has happened to just about every single person that I know. I have been in the role of being the recipient of that news from my father and [...]

Help Others – Tell Your Story

TweetOne of the single most important things that I have learned since writing my very first blog is that by telling my story, I am helping other people who have been or currently are in the same circumstances that I have experienced.  I have also learned that once other people read or heard your story [...]

How Do You Tell Someone That You Have Cancer?

TweetOne of the hardest things that anyone might ever have to do is to hear the words, “You have cancer”.  But, for me and I am sure for many others, that wasn’t nearly as difficult as having to tell loved ones about the cancer.  This week on Let Life Happen TALK, I would like to [...]