"Oh come on! It will be fun!"

Today was good. 

Today was fun. 

Tomorrow is another one. 

~ Dr. Suess

We were sitting around the dining room table the other day and my friends agreed that I could get them to do anything with me. I just assume people want to do the same things: 

• Why wouldn't you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane in Moab, Utah? 
• Why wouldn't you want to bungee jump high over Squaw Valley? 
• Why wouldn't you want to zipline (in Mexico OR in Santa Margarita, CA)? 
• Why wouldn’t you want to go to Europe next week (because the airfare is a screaming deal!) 
• Why wouldn’t you want to go to Knott’s Scary Farm during October?
• Why wouldn’t you want to go on a vampire tour in New Orleans? 
• Why wouldn’t you want to race across Post Street in SF (and almost get killed) in time to see a matinee of The Graduate? 

It's the little things too, because those can be just as much (or more) fun: 

• Why wouldn't you want to go to lunch and have a pedicure instead of having our scheduled business meeting? 
• Why wouldn’t you want to ride the glass elevator in the St. Francis Hotel in SF, simply to see the view from the 32nd floor? 
• Why wouldn’t you want to run back and forth across a swinging bridge? 
• Why wouldn’t you want to stop the ice cream truck and buy a drumstick? 
• Why wouldn't you want to write a song while on a roadtrip? 
• Why wouldn't you want to take the curviest road to the destination, instead of the fastest one? 

Mike said that he always knows when his wife could get into trouble when I say, “Oh come on! It will be fun!” 

The bottom line is that I’m spontaneous. I was before cancer, and I am even more so after cancer! I always want to have fun, no matter what we are doing. And I prefer doing it with friends. 

If I say to you, “Oh come on! It will be fun!” Put a smile on your face. Keep your arms inside the ride until it comes to a complete stop. Afterwards, you can tell all your friends, “You won’t believe what Hayley made me do...It WAS fun.” 

I think that shall be my epitaph when the time comes. 

Live your life on your own terms. 

Be sure to visit our amazing website:

www.ThereIsLifeAfterBreastCancer.com 

Empowering breast cancer survivors and their loved ones. 

Happy Cancerversary To Me

10 years ago today -10/8/2002, I woke up, fuzzy, in a bright room, with stark white walls. The first thing I did was place my right hand over my left breast to see if it was still there. Then I saw my husband, with tears in his eyes, and he said, “It was bad. The cancer is in your lymph nodes. You are going to have to have chemo.”

Then I remember thinking that I should probably call my hairdresser to get my haircut short, and damnit, I didn’t want to be bald.

And then I thought, “F*%# cancer. This is not how my story ends.” 

QUOTES

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

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/

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

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

1. I love reading the stories on ThereIsLifeAfterBreastCancer.com

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.