Thoughts

My dad and I on my 18th birthday June 6, 2002, started with so much promise. There was brilliant sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. Tony, my fiancé, was playing…

Mom and SCAD survivor, Nadia, with her three beautiful children.  As September approaches, SCAD survivor Nadia shares her story, and challenges you to advocate fo…

DEI (short for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is all the rage these days. It is used to mean positive affirmative action by some and as a mean put-down by others who c…

Cecile and her father I wouldn't be the person I am today without the love and wisdom my father shared with me. My father's foundation shaped my life and career. H…

Your tampon has lead it in.  Oh, and also arsenic, cadmium, and god knows what else. That was the message I heard loud and clear when I opened my phone earlier…

It hit home the day I booked the restaurant for my daughter’s university graduation dinner: I’m a grown-up now. My husband and I had talked it over with my daughter — …

Our cancer story began in our little boy’s favourite place. We were spending the weekend in Syracuse, watching his favourite basketball team play. It was his eighth bi…

When I was just 20 months old, my parents were told that I might never graduate college or be able to live on my own.  This was because doctors had just diagnosed…