A Special Tribute to My Husband

January 23, 2010 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Breast Cancer, Creating Happiness, Recent Posts

TweetJanuary 22nd has become a very special day to me. Not only is it the 2nd anniversary of writing my weekly blog but also I walked out of the doctor’s office yesterday after my final follow up after my reconstructive surgery. I feel so free. But, the next thing that came into my mind is [...]

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Please Don’t Tell Me What To Do

August 16, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness

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TweetIn a recent discussion with a friend, we were brainstorming ideas about how to approach a certain project that I was going to undertake. But, before I knew it, she was telling me exactly the approach that I should take, how I should go about laying it out, how I should measure the accomplishment of [...]

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