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Abigail Johnston
- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Project Life Statement on the Supreme Courts' decision to overturn Roe V. Wade.
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson case, which reverses the 1973...
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Ann Camden
- Jun 19, 2022
- 6 min
Joy of Playing
“Let’s build ourselves a pleasant little mountain,” the vaguely familiar voice from the computer said. “We’ll start with a little bit of...
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projectlifembc
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Energy
PART I We feel it Good or bad No in between We need it but don’t have enough I’d pay $4.99 a gallon just to be able to move some days...
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Maura Bivens
- May 8, 2022
- 4 min
Protect Your Energy
Last night at the book club the question that was raised was, “How hard is it for you to ask for help?”. The response got emotional,...
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Ann Camden
- May 2, 2022
- 7 min
The Showdown: FOMO vs. Energy Levels
FOMO= The Fear of Missing Out. For three years, the pair of tickets laid on our family desk collecting dust. They’d been there since late...
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Maura Bivens
- Apr 11, 2022
- 4 min
The Worth of My Advice
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 11 Ep 3, advice from Stage IV Being an extreme extrovert, I preferred to be on the couch while feeling so...
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Ann Camden
- Apr 4, 2022
- 6 min
Visiting Boundaries
“I’ll serve sweet tea and pimento cheese. Maybe a charcuterie board and a Pinot Noir,” I think to myself jumping into hostess mode. “Or,...
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Ivory Jones
- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
When Financial Security Means Staying for the Insurance
When I moved from New Orleans to Atlanta in 2018, the plan was to work my government contracting job as an Editorial Assistant a couple...
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Maura Bivens
- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
Living or Dying. It depends on which insurance company you ask.
I’ve been living somewhere between the two worlds of living and dying, for twelve years now. My last treatment for the triple negative...
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Ann Camden
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
Legacy from the Kitchen
My mother-in-law is known for her mush. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren show up bleary-eyed at the breakfast table to...
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Flori Hendron
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Borders
This poem was written by our Project Life member and L.I.F.E. mentor Flori Hendron. I’ve crossed the border from a long life to living in...
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projectlifembc
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
Reinvention is my legacy.
In 2008, I had everything going for me: a busy and successful ob-gyn practice; a precocious 9 year old daughter; and a well used passport...
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projectlifembc
- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
Death is not Spooky
Spooky season has sailed by, and with it global focus has shifted away from death. The rest of the year the majority of our society...
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projectlifembc
- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
Looking Beyond the Ribbon
In kindergarten as all my teacher and parental friends know as a benchmark the students are to learn to count to 100, say their ABC’s,...
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projectlifembc
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
PINKTOBER 2021
Project Life is happy to share thoughts from our members. Read this from member Flori Hendron. The artwork is her own. It gets me every...
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projectlifembc
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
A Letter From Your Caregiver
Re: Survivorship To my Beloved, I am scared too. Stage IV is not what we expected. At times, my heart breaks. Anxiety and depression set...
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projectlifembc
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Survivorship, friend or foe?
In the cancer community we seem to all have our own personal internal (or external) reaction to the words ‘survivor’ and ‘survivorship.’...
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projectlifembc
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Survivorship in the Black Community
Since childhood, the word “strong” felt synonymous with being Black. Community did too. Descendants of enslaved people who organized...
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projectlifembc
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
What is Survivorship?
Todays, post comes from Board Member, Cathy Ormerod. She dives into the word, survivorship and how that word is considered within the...
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