Tag: Charmed Life

• Women

  Taking Flight a.k.a. The Data Dragon’s Life After Microsoft

  Cross-posted (with slightly worse formatting) from http://befriendingdragons.com/2014/07/23/taking-flight-a-k-a-the-data-dragons-life-after-microsoft/ Life is a journey – we can choose to fly through it with our wings spread to catch and channel the winds, or we can let the winds pummel us to the ground. I choose to take flight, enjoy the journey, and land on my feet. Then…

  July 23, 2014
• BreastCancer Life Beyond Work

  Taking it Easy with Radiation

  When I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer I quickly found out that I was going to have things relatively easy. In less than three weeks from my diagnosis I had a lumpectomy which removed a very small, low-grade tumor and almost certainly removed every trace of the cancer. This past Monday I started…

  November 2, 2013
• Befriending Dragons BreastCancer Life Beyond Work Women

  Diagnosis – Those First Moments of Breast Cancer

  I wrote this Reader’s Opinion for the “Pink Edition” of the Idaho Statesman October 2, 2013 for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Do something. Anything. Make the cancer go away. What will I have to endure – will they chop off my breasts, make me ingest toxic drugs, poke me and…

  October 2, 2013
• Befriending Dragons BreastCancer Life Beyond Work Women

  The Princess and the Cancer Pea

  Once upon a time there was a princess in Boise, ID. We know she is a princess because she has so many advantages. She works for a Fortune 50 company that provides excellent health care and whose culture encourages strong support of employees as they go through hard times. She owns…

  September 15, 2013