For the Green family, living in Brookings Oregon, an idyllic rural community along the beautiful Southern Oregon Coastline with its harbour and beaches, seemed about as close to heaven as anyone could imagine. Rick Green was a Pastor at a local church, Marylynn loved her job and two of their...
Donating your hard-earned dollars to help Cancer fighters is an act of great compassion and generosity that truly does touch and bless the lives of people struggling with this disease. Their struggles take many forms from overwhelming fear, feeling alone to losing their hair, which can be devastating. Here are some...
Tenaciously Teal is a beacon of love, hope, and courage -- for people whose worlds have been turned upside-down with the words, “You’ve got cancer”. First, there’s the shock; then fear sets in and can be nearly as damaging as the disease itself, if you allow it to take over...
Nonprofits and charities touch every part of our lives and are critical to our community. With the end of 2019 now in sight, many people and businesses will show their generosity and donate to local charities and nonprofits. With so many worthy nonprofits in Oklahoma City, finding the right one...
One of the best things you can do for someone who is sick or going through a difficult time is to simply show up, and keep showing up. So many times, we are scared that we won't say the right thing or maybe worse we will say the wrong thing. ...
“While no one undergoing chemo is every ready for their hair to fall out – there are some things you can do to be prepared, which lessens the impact” (a little), according to DeOndra Brennan, an oncology nurse at Integris Cancer Institute and licensed cosmetologist. But her best qualification to...
This is the new vision Aimee Curry carries within her heart, her mind and her soul. Her formerly shy, quiet and gentle spirit has been transformed by the excruciating pain of loss, the brutal attack on her life and love that never dies. Her enemies are the grief from the...
Michelle Crider was always vigilant about her yearly breast self- exam, even though she was just 32 and had no family history of breast cancer. Perhaps being a surgical technician and working around cancer made her wary – or at least aware of the disease. Michelle never really thought about cancer...
I had my head shaved a couple of days ago. I just started a new chemo protocol, and the doctor told me my hair would fall out with this drug. This process has gotten so much easier. The head shaving part, that is. When I was first diagnosed with ovarian...
In this fight against cancer, a battle ground where light and darkness collide, I have been astounded how God has opened doors for T. Teal to be in the right place at the right time. One of those instances was when I met Kelly. We were inexplicably sat next to...