As Mama Lou started retirement (We love you!) and is enjoying her freedom with Co-pilot, I’m honored to share that I’ve officially started a new chapter professionally as the Director of Programs and Alumni Engagement with Epic Experience. When I attended camp in March 2023, the programming at Epic Experience saved me from going into a dark place with my …

Let me start by saying that I have never described myself as a runner.  In fact, I used to joke that I would only run if something was chasing me. I never imagined that in April 2020, I would begin running a marathon against cancer. There was no training or preparation for this marathon—I was thrust directly into it upon …

One of my friends told me that she is amazed at how I have turned my cancer into an adventure. I never would have thought of it like that. I have just chosen to LIVE and do the things I’ve always wanted to do and not let anything stop me, not even cancer. I feel like I really live my …

I received my ovarian cancer diagnosis in September of 2021.  Notice I said MY ovarian cancer diagnosis.  You see, after the initial news that I had a mass that was “highly suspicious of ovarian cancer,” having those “I never thought I would be having these conversations with my family” conversations, and the subsequent surgery that confirmed the cancer diagnosis, my …

by Kathy aka Cheese Curd It was March of 2016. I don’t remember the day, but I remember driving home from work and getting a call from a nurse navigator. She said my breast biopsy showed cancer – Stage 1 and Grade 1. I would most likely need surgery and radiation and I’d be fine.  I pulled into the driveway …