On behalf of Jen and her family, I write this post. In the afternoon of Thursday, July 18th, Jen Vennes passed away. She died at home surrounded by friends and family. A week later, we filled St. James Cathedral in Seattle to honor and remember her life. Last week, a second memorial was held in New York. About this time, some friends were .

Through breast cancer and beyond. Pictures of me, pre and post diagnosis. finally a good story! In defense of Jess Ainscough, the Wellness Warrior who sadly passed last week. As you know if you follow this blog, I was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 39.

The skinny on being a young breast cancer survivor and carrier of the BRCA1 gene mutation. One of my favorite blogs, non-cancer-related, is Ask a Manager. I read another article about this today in the NYTimes, here.

Beauty Without will be an inspirational book for survivors of breast cancer. I have been working on getting a few things in place. I have had the Beauty Without page on Facebook. We now have the website design and are in the process of putting in the content. We hope to have it online in the next week or two. This entry was posted on February 7, 2012. Well time to get back to.

Sweat, Charity, and Fashion. Do You Live in the Present? Clean your closet, clear your mind. I pride myself on getting rid of things, but there are items, like business suits and several pairs of boots, that have stuck with me through three different moves. I went to Ethiopia with Glimmer of Hope Foundation. I returned to rural Ethiopia, bu.