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Reader Carol Reedy Rogero on Turning Formerly Flip Flops Into a School Project
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This is a story that makes us so proud, and proves -- once again -- that we have the best readers! You don't just read about the charitable actions we write about, you get out there and act upon them. This is why we know in our hearts that women ...read full story →


Personal Stories From Our Readers: Sheila Catanzarita on Choosing High Hopes and Expectations
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From the time I was young, no matter what new adventure I set out on, my aunt Joanne would preach the same mantra repeatedly. She'd say to me, "High hopes, low expectations." It wasn’t until I got older that I really understood what she meant or why she would always tell ...read full story →


Personal Stories From Our Readers: Laura Bucholtz on Walking the (3-Day) Walk
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Laura Bucholtz founded Soulful Charms after walking in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day For the Cure. Read how this life-changing experience inspired her, and consider donning your sneakers and joining her this year. Four years ago, when I was turning 40, I did the 3 Day Walk to celebrate the fact that I ...read full story →


Breast Cancer Survivor Susan Stevenson on Turning Around Terror
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Ever since I was a teenager I have been afraid of getting breast cancer and dying. When I was a freshman in college I discovered a lump on my right breast.  In an intense panic, I convinced my boyfriend to make the three-hour drive back home to our family doctor. ...read full story →


Personal Stories From Our Readers: Sharon Stanley on Having the Breast Cancer Gene and Undergoing a Prophylactic Mastectomy
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Hearing a doctor tell you that you need to have a bilateral mastectomy to save your life is shocking enough.  Hearing from six different specialists in the field tell you this when you do not have breast cancer is even more shocking. As a result of the diagnosis of having the BrCa ...read full story →


“Eat, Pray, Love” And the Big Picture by Scott Stevenson
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Toward the end of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert talks about a Buddhist philosophy in which an oak tree is brought into creation by two forces at the same time:  the acorn, which grows into the tree, and the future tree itself, which wants so badly to exist that it ...read full story →


Personal Stories From Our Readers: Nena Jackson on How the Law of Attraction Changed Her Life
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After experiencing a number of heartbreaking personal and family life events during the peak of the recent economic downturn I, Nena Jackson - an Information Technology executive, wife and mother of two children -- read The Secret and discovered the Law of Attraction that changed my life forever. Through this learning experience, I developed ...read full story →