Meeting Other Survivors
So, now that you have conquered this nightmare, the doctors are calling you a “survivor”! This is a reason to celebrate and cherish what life has to offer. You or your child or family member have surrounded yourselves with people filled with help, prayers, and all those wonderful things needed in order to get you […]
Someone To Lean On
Now that I am an author and a survivor, it only seems natural that I help others. I call it a “gift”. As difficult a time I had in my life, and continue to have at times, I am very interested in helping others. By creating my foundation it made it a bit easier to reach […]
Wells Fargo Grant
Last Thursday, my husband and I attended a Community Partners Breakfast from Wells Fargo and my foundation received a $1000 grant. The Alesia Shute Foundation, along with about 40 other small foundations and non-profits, were honored and it was such a wonderful experience. We are all caught up in our lives, our problems, and our […]
Losing a Loved One
We all know someone who has lost a battle with cancer. It may be a neighbor, relative, or a child either of a friend or family member. Whenever I experience a loss, I feel so many mixed emotions it is difficult to keep them all in check. I know that although we are making leaps […]
A Recent Signing
I was invited to the Donald Perry Foundation Art Expo in Atlantic City recently and it was a wonderful opportunity to meet some new people. The woman running the Foundation, Diane, welcomed my friend/helper Jean and I with open arms. This foundation concentrates on donating funds to cancer research so it really went hand in hand with the […]
Keeping Up With Your Health
After you hear those wonderful words, ” You are complete with your treatments”, there are still things you need to think about. We look forward to hearing those words and savor the moment they finally ring into our ears. But, just like the diagnosis, the journey doesn’t end in that split second. There still is after care […]
New Normal
Going through all that I did and coming out basically healthy, with a few snags along the way, leaves a person the same, but different. I call it my “new normal”. Although when you look at me from the age of ten, after my first surgeries up to now, you see a perfectly normal person, or […]
Who Am I?
After all I went through as a child, it refused to let me be me even into adulthood. I even had a bout recently a few months ago after 20 years of being very healthy. I found myself asking, “Who was I and who did I become?” I am certainly the same person from before and […]
Who Has Cancer
Do you ever wonder, who has cancer? For your information,there are 14 million cancer survivors in the country. Three out of every four families will have a family member with cancer. That alone is a staggering number! But the answer to the question I ask, anyone and everyone is at risk of this terrible, crippling disease. […]
Helping Through The Year
You can help to raise awareness for childhood cancer as well as so many other childhood diseases at any point in the year, not just during a “special” month. Although it is nice to have a special month to promote, I feel reaching out throughout the year is just as important. I have been able […]
