A few days ago I was hanging out with my friend and photographer Katie http://www.kathrynhastings.com when she suggested we do an impromptu photoshoot to capture where I am now. It was 11am on a weekday. I had to leave in 8 minutes to pick up my youngest child from preschool and her 3 year old son…
Trickle Down Cancer-nomics
Here is how it starts right after diagnosis: DENIAL Friend: ‘Oh my Gosh Grace, I canNOT believe you have cancer! What can I do for you?’ Me: ‘You are too kind, I am totally fine, no need for any help, but thank you SOOO much.’ In a few weeks you move on to this: TREPIDATIOUS ACCEPTANCE…
Aren’t You Excited?
No. I am not excited about my new breasts. Really not even a little bit. To start with, they are not my breasts. They are man-made replicas. And not even replicas. The old ones were well-loved. These guys are fresh off the rack (see what I did there?). The number 1 question I’ve been getting…
“Trick or CANCER”
Here is how my Halloween is going- My husband scored tickets to the World Series last night and took our 7 year old son. The kid fell asleep in the 2nd then puked in the 3rd and they were on the train back home by the 4th. This child has been so jazzed for the…
Sisters Don’t Shake Hands, Sisters Gotta Hug!
Unless you are under the age of 5, it’s probably been a while since your sibling gave you a bath. This is my moment to announce to the world that my sister has bathed me twice in the last 48 hours. In pretty much any circumstance other than the one we are in, I would…
Tinkerboobs’ Big Day
Once upon a time there was a hairless woman who needed to have the sandpaper-like tents removed from her body, along with a port device in her arm. We shall call her Tinkerboobs. Tink showed up at the hospital early in the morning and started getting prepped for surgery. She met her nurses Carly and…
Heading in to transfer surgery
Grace is headed into her transfer surgery. We will update! In good spirits and everything’s all set!
Grandma Carol
You know the saying ‘bad things happen in 3s?’ Well I am here to tell you that that theory is a bunch of phooey. Here are the major bad things that have happened to my family so far in 2016: My mother-in-law died after a heroic, long battle with ovarian cancer Her husband, my stepfather-in-law,…
Your Friendly Local Cancerlebrity
A funny thing has started to happen. About once or twice a week, I will get recognized while I am out and about. Now let me clarify, I am just your average minivan driving, yoga pant wearing suburban mom, but since I have plastered my face on an overwhelmingly candid blog, people have started to…
Fall From Grace (Wait For It…)
Last night my husband and I attended a black tie Gala for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. We were there as guests of my husband’s place of business so we didn’t have any personal ties other than the fact that I went to the symphony with my grandparents as a child and have very fond memories…
Aesthetics and Athletics
For those of you who haven’t read every word of every blog I’ve written, allow me to tell you that the t-shirt I am wearing in the above photo is a professional photo of my God-given breasts. I had t-shirts made of my breasts for all of my family to wear to my mastectomy cause…
Bond From Beyond
I have been thinking about writing this story for a long time, but haven’t had the wherewithal to go ahead and put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, whatever, you know what I mean. So here goes… I have very little cancer in my family compared to so many stories I hear about lineages…
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