by Orison Swett Marden: “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.”
Gilda Radner
...delicious ambiguity
The circus is like a dream...The flyers really fly and catch each other in the way you are caught in your dreams. ~Ernest Hemingway
Friday, December 31, 2010
QUOTES
Friday, April 16, 2010
Breast Cancer Survivors -- is it time for you to THRIVE?
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Especially for Breast Cancer Survivors - Join the “From Surviving to Thriving” Tele-Summit for a five day journey
where you will learn more about how to take charge and transform your life.
Especially for Breast Cancer Survivors.
It's true that breast cancer changes your life. It certainly changed mine.
I have learned much through my survivor experience and now am thrilled to be a part of "From Surviving to Thriving" a
five day journey where you will learn more about how to take charge and transform your life into the one you wish to live.
It's not enough just to survive anymore, let's all THRIVE together!
Register here: http://yourlifeafterbreastcancer.com/blog/surviving-to-thriving-telesummit/
If you register for this event you will learn from some Amazing Women Thrivers… I am so pleased to be counted as part
of an amazing group of women who will share inspirational stories of surviving breast cancer to achieve phenomenal
success while creating amazing lives on their terms.
We will share how we overcame struggles and went on to create extraordinary lives. The details are below:
April 19 Finding Your Life Purpose
Join us for two amazing stories that will leave you motivated and ready to become a thriver. Leave with the hope and
inspiration you need to take your next step!
April 20 Following Your Passion
Join us for an hour of "passionate pursuits" as we learn from women who have taken their diagnosis and turned it into a
new path.
April 21 Finding Your Voice:
Ever wondered how to turn your journey with breast cancer into a book? Join two thrivers as they share tips and hints on
how to write the story inside you.
April 22 Being Unstoppable In the Face of Adversity:
Hear from two amazing women entrepreneurs. Learn how nurturing an outlook of being unstoppable will help you take the
next steps to becoming a thriver.
April 23 Turning Breast Cancer into a Gift:
You will leave with new ideas and new ways to view your breast cancer journey, along with the inspiration and motivation
you need to redesign your life and start thriving.
If this is compelling to you or if you know someone who this would profoundly impact their life, please join the FREE call.
Registration information can be found at the following link: http://yourlifeafterbreastcancer.com/blog/surviving-to-thriving-telesummit/
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Olympic Torch - Very Special Escorts
The Winter Olympics are almost upon us and the eyes of the world are on Vancouver, Canada .
ABREAST IN A BOAT, the very first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team in the world will be participating in escorting THE OLYMPIC TORCH to its final destination before the 2010 Games begin.
On February 12, 2010, after crossing Canada for 106 days, the last two torch relays will be completed by dragon boats. At approximately 1:00 pm (Pacific Time) 20 members of Abreast In A Boat, a steer and a drummer will have the honour of being a part of the six boat flotilla that will shadow the two torch relay boats escorting the Olympic Torch to Yale Town .
Dr Don McKenzie, founder of Abreast In A Boat, will have a seat in one of the two relay boats carrying the torch. What an incredible opportunity for everyone involved, and in particular, for breast cancer survivors around the world.
The International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission is delighted to share this news. It is very fitting that our ‘Dr Don’ – an amazingly generous and humble man – who has given us the gift of the dragon boat, coupled with the brave originals from Abreast In A Boat, should be so honoured. This is such an affirmation of Dr Don McKenzie’s work re -exercise and chronic disease.
Without the work of Dr Don McKenzie and those brave originals in Vancouver – none of us would be enjoying the fitness, fun and camaraderie that comes post diagnosis of this insidious disease.
Visit this link for further Torch Relay details http://ibcpc.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ee31c379838a1b7596cb7f160&id=1f2bbb5722&e=58870b1403
Michelle Hanton OAM
Executive President – International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission
Founder - Dragons Abreast Australia
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Five Things
Ordinary Sparkling Moments, by Christina Mason Miller
Tut, the universe
Mari Robeson
15 Minute Lunch Guy
Coconut Creme Pie
Five Things
5 Things I Love
2. I love my friend, Jean Steel, and you will too. Her workbook will change your life!
3. I love Skinny Cow French Vanilla White Truffle Bars.
4. I love the 1988 movie Earth Girls Are Easy, starring Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayons, and Downtown Julie Brown.
5. I love Netflix, so I can watch cheezy movies whenever I want.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
How do I love Emily?
I have the best next door neighbor. Ever. Period.
How do I love Emily? Let me count the ways...
She shares her persimmons with me. She comes over for every Sunday supper and makes the most amazing desserts. She makes me laugh. She is a breast cancer survivor, a mother, a friend, a widow, and one of the coolest people I know.
She fits in with everybody and doesn't bat an eye over the random array of friends I have. In fact, she charms each and every one, and they all are proud to call her their friend, too. They all wish she lived next door to them. We have installed 2 "friendship gates" in our shared fence. One that leads to the front doors of our houses (we live on a hill and don't have to go down our steep driveways to hang out), and the other at the back of our property that leads to the kitchen doors. My dogs adore her (she always has treats in her pocket).
I got so lucky to live next door to such a special, wonderful, charming person.
I love ya, Emily! 
Monday, November 23, 2009
People versus friends
A. People can be divided into 3 groups:
- Those who make things happen
- Those who watch things happen
- Those who wonder what happened
B. If we delve further into that we can do another 3:
- Those who drive slow in the fast lane
- Those who think that turning signals on their car don't apply to them
- Those who take two parking spaces to park
C. And another 3:
- Those who think the world revolves around them
- Those who think they should breed (the stupid ones mainly)
- Those who think everybody owes them something
D. But my friends all fit into these 3 categories:
- Those who make me laugh
- Those who love me unconditionally (drinking or not, bald or not, fat or not, cancer or not, 40+ or not, perfect boobs or not)
- Those who don't do anything from the subcategories B & C, but definitely are A#1
Thanks for putting up with me as I change (yet again) into a 40-something, sober, breast cancer survivor, size 8, with a ponytail, laugh lines on my face, imperfect (um) boobs, and still the same freakin' sense of humor. Thanks for encouraging me when I needed it, and knowing when to shut the f*&% up, and enjoy a comfortable silence with me.
I am blessed to have the friends I have. You know who you are. Come along with me as we boldly go where nobody has gone before! (And isn't time we start planning another vacation?)
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