Catherine Gigante-Brown

We’ve pieced ourselves back together in a patchwork quilt of ragged emotions. The aftermath of 9/11 wasn’t easy for us, yet it was much easier than for some. People standing 50 feet away from Peter didn’t come home that night; he did.

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

Alas, I am the lone female in a house full of men. Only two men, but they take up a lot of space.

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) has been around for at least five centuries –– there’s got to be something to it.

Instead of categorizing people as different colors, I proposed we might begin to think of each other as Earthtones—because our skin colors are based on hues from the earth. Just as the planet is made up of a myriad of shades, it’s still one cohesive entity. We can be thought of as one entity also.

I asked a handful of women: why are people so scared of ladyparts?

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The office cubicle is indeed a strange bird. Here's how to survive life in a box without driving you—or your office mates—crazy.

I try. I really do. But whenever I attempt to embrace my husband Peter’s Cuban culture, I always screw up.

I go for checkups when I’m supposed to: every three months to the oncologist and every six months to the breast surgeon. I go to SHARE support group meetings to bolster myself. I try to get enough sleep, despite the occasional night spent wide-eyed with dread.