If I could choose just one thing I wish people would stop saying to me, it might be this -- “You’re such a strong person.” There were a whole lot of things people said during my cancer treatment that didn’t work for me. This was just one of them. In fact, I wrote an entire piece called “ 10 Things Not to Say to Someone with Cancer, and What to Say Instead.” It’s on my blog somewhere, and I think on TikTok as well. I wrote this in April of 2021, during the first anniversary m

Last April, my newsletter posting was entitled, “Am I Cancer Free?” Since April is the anniversary month of my breast cancer diagnosis in...

In 2019, I wrote, produced, and starred in a one-woman musical show on my 65th birthday. I still hate looking at the DVD. I was at my...

I was definitely gaining weight back. As I moved through several job changes, I needed more variety and larger sizes in my business...

1972 - 1982 In the fall of 1972, I started freshman year at Northwestern University. I’d survived long enough to make it to college!!! I...

As I write this, I’m at my lowest body weight in years. I’m happy with how I look – at least, as happy as any woman can be in the...

I am a writer, a musician, and a sexual abuse survivor.  I have authored two books. I have performed my music at clubs and events in both...