Catherine Gigante-Brown
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Catherine Gigante-Brown Articles
If the odds of getting cancer are like Powerball, why couldn't I be a scratch-off millionaire?
Read...Why, when I'm cool with being a salt-and-pepper chick, does it so clearly unnerve others?
Read...All bets were off after 9/11. In a twisted way, it proved to me that worry was fruitless. No one ever saw the terrorist attacks coming.
Read...Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions wasn't your typical cutesie baby fare. It was raw, real—and unabashedly funny.
Read..."I was afraid this thing was going to do me in. But I took a deep breath and decided very early on that I would face cancer on my own terms."
Read...I’m sure you’ll find it a delicious and well-stocked place. There are just a few rules
Read...After I got over the initial devastation, I pulled myself up by my big-girl panties and got on with it. Chemo was no picnic—but it was do-able.
Read...BCBs are loud and proud and refuse to go down easy. And quietly. We have things to say. We have things to teach. We still have life to live. And damn it, we are and we will. With one breast. With no breasts. With reconstruction surgery.
Read...Being a little bit chubby is better than being a lot dead.
Read...The hell with his elaborate metaphors and rhetorical phrases. Iambic pentameter is cruel and unusual punishment.
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