Greetings and Blessings my friends,

Yesterday marked the anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis.  Not a day I really want to commemorate, but a day in which I will embrace with determination and hope for the rest of my life.  I hope to be an example and a reminder that, “We can do this, we can be breast cancer thrivers.” 

My last mammogram was clear, and I continue to take the Aromatase Inhibitor to hopefully keep the cancer in its place, out of me!!  It is also an opportunity to say, once again to say thank you with a grateful heart to everyone who, helped me and my family at that extremely challenging time.  You are always in my heart.

My dear friend Maria McGill gave this gift to me this week and I want to share it with you.

A STORY OF LOVE AND LOYALTY

In the wild, female elephants are known as fierce protectors.

And when one of their sisters is suffering, they circle up around her. They close in tight. Watch, guard, and even kick dust around her to mask her vulnerable scent from predators.

And yet we are the same. This is who we are, and who we are meant to be for each other. Sometimes we're the ones in the middle. Sometimes we're the ones kicking up the dust with fierce, fierce love.

But the circle remains.

Thank you for being my elephant. 

I hope you all know that I love you all fiercely and I am in your circle.