A chance to Change the face of Breast Cancer globally, will you help me?
Bosombuddiesuk will become worldwide at the end of the year! It will mean I will be searching for young women who have had Breast Cancer to become Buddies and go into schools teaching 16 yr old girls the signs ans symptoms of Breast Cancer and how to check themselves.
Knowledge is power, by giving them the tools to look...
Miles and I are pretty firm in our routine. He knows that I always feed him dinner and take him for a walk around 4 or 5 o’clock. If I’m in the house starting around 2 o’clock, I can count on him to be glued to my side. Every time I make a move, he’s right there. If I’m working at my desk, he will sit beside me and stare. He’ll...
The age of women getting Breast Cancer is dropping, I have my own theory about that! Too many Parabens in products. Parabens are oil based derivitives put into products to 'bulk' them out but the excuse used is, it increases the longevity of the product by up to 5 years. Truth is manufacturers make more profit because they're just bulking their products out with stuff that has no benefit to the...
It’s my birthday tomorrow. Thanks to Facebook, it isn’t a secret that it’s my birthday. It’s normal protocol for people to ask what you’re doing to celebrate this special day. I feel obligated to tell them something much more interesting than my reality— I’m going out to dinner with good friends.
Actually, my day stacks up like this: at 8:00, I’ll probably go to the gym and work out for an hour. ...
Masters Channel is pleased to announce the official launch of its first fundraising campaign, “Help America Smile Again.” The organization, founded last year by Diogo Pascoal, his sister Candice Pascoal and their long-time friend Richard Baldwin, has grown into the world’s premier provider...
My first fundraiser for HIV/AIDS research was organised with my art collective Beauty without Irony (BWI) in 2001. The event was called ‘Designers Do Denim’ and involved the entire Belgian fashion industry plus some famous rock stars and Ministers of State.
BWI is a collective consisting of artists, designers, musicians and other creatives who want to help make the world a better and more beautiful place by using their talent for engaging...
Just when I thought I was letting my blog die a slow death, Sarah Lacy’s recent article on Marissa Mayer’s life as a working mom pulls me back in.
Lacy suggests that women who are critical of Marissa Mayer’s statements that she wasn’t planning to take much of a maternity leave and that her baby is “easy” are “pathetic.” I agree with much of what Lacy says, including that we...
A YEAR AFTER ARRIVING IN SOUTH FLORIDA AS THE MORNING NEWS ANCHOR FOR WSVN-7/FOX, AN ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE WHICH THE STATION COVERED. IT WAS 1995. AS A REPORTER AND TRAINED PROFESSIONAL IN CAPTURING AND TELLING STORIES - GOOD, BAD AND OFTEN TIMES TRAGIC, ONE LEARNS TO COMPARTMENTALIZE MANY OF THE HORRIFIC INCIDENTS WHICH TAKE PLACE FROM DAY TO DAY. BUT FOR SOME REASON, THE STORY AND IMAGES OF A YOUNG HIGH...
