by Marcela Shine | Oct 13, 2017 | Life BEYOND Breast Cancer, Our Blog
Introducing Life BEYOND Breast Cancer It took me all day to find the words to introduce a new section on our website called Life BEYOND Breast Cancer. It isn’t easy to look at the hardest part about “living” with this disease in the face, but as advocates and friends,... 
by Marcela Shine | Oct 11, 2017 | Life BEYOND Breast Cancer, Liya's Stories, Uncategorized
Someone since has sinned – Who’s a saint, Who’s a sane man. Shouting profanities at his misfortune Jesting, crossing himself in a bathhouse. He’s Jewish. Someone crosses a street Seriously contemplating sinning Coming home, shirt thrown sloppy to the side... 
by Marcela Shine | Oct 11, 2017 | Life BEYOND Breast Cancer, Liya's Stories
I am a veil, A sheath of newness and despair, A film of shadow and of light, A cover not quite there. I fasten readily to hair, To hats of wool and crowns of gold. I dress the plain, adorn the rich, Praise youth and hide the old. And whether it is warm or cold... by Marcela Shine | Oct 11, 2017 | Life BEYOND Breast Cancer, Liya's Stories
‘Til tide’s edge touches sand Or beyond it, ankle-deep? Will it roll in Or ebb out? Will it slap me Or dupe me, send me chasing it? And the current – Will I feebly float or will my feet be knocked from under me? Under me. Down…under water, Out to sea… How long will I... 
by Marcela Shine | Oct 11, 2017 | Life BEYOND Breast Cancer, Liya's Stories
Stuck my hand into A pocketful of glass Smoothed by the sand Dulled by the sea. They fail to understand How I withdraw my hand Unharmed. They stare in alarm, Concerned, as if I’d been maimed, Or burned. I wonder the same, Unimpressed, and recall that Sharp... 
by The Tutu Team | Oct 8, 2017 | Life BEYOND Breast Cancer, MaryAnne DiCanto
It’s now five months since the loss of our MaryAnne DiCanto. Missing you every moment my darling. Five months without you baby and still stuck. As promised, I’m trying to get better. But I don’t know what better should feel like. Books on the subject... 