Catherine Gigante-Brown

sex sage. fetish specialist. author.

" Sure enough, the doorbell rang one early June day and there she was: curvy, seductive body, smooth black skin, bright blue eyes."

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

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.

I saw my present mother-in-law in a whole new light the first time she held my newborn son.

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.

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

Upset you lost your keys? Try losing your breast. Pissed off about missing that train? Try missing your son’s 8th grade graduation because of a horrific infection from fluid buildup in the previously-mentioned missing breast. See what I mean? It kind of puts life into perspective.

I’m a firm believer that Tiny Kindnesses can change the world, one sweet, loving gesture at a time.

Re-imagining the cervix, preserving the earth, facing breast cancer a whole new way…Annie Sprinkle’s wisdom abounds. “Life is a performance art piece,” she said...