by Terry Arnold | Nov 26, 2025 | Hope Stories, Hope Stories Vol 2, Issue 3
We use the word hope every day—but do we really know what it means? I’d like to tell you what hope means to me, but before I can do that, I need to talk about where it comes from. How is hope born in a situation that feels as dry and overwhelming as desert sand? But...
by Marianne Swaving Vanderveen | Nov 26, 2025 | Hope Stories, Hope Stories Vol 2, Issue 3
Is there such a thing as a boring story? In April 2021, at the age of 37, I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer and Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. What followed was a whirlwind—appointments, biopsies, phone calls, and endless tests. It started when my husband...
by Amelia | Feb 19, 2025 | Hope Stories Vol. 2, No 1, Survivorship Vol. 2, No 1
A cautionary tale about inflammatory breast cancer. I am in my third year of fighting this cancer and have become much more knowledgeable about IBC, combining research and participation in social media with thousands of other women afflicted with the same rare cancer....
by Karen Abbott | Feb 18, 2025 | Hope Stories Vol. 2, No 1
Feeling healthy as ever in August 2024, Karen looks forward to living life. I really shouldn’t even be alive, but, by the grace of God, I’m now beating inflammatory breast cancer, having endured 14 surgeries, weeks of hospitalizations, 22 days of two-a-day radiation...
by Aliki | Feb 18, 2025 | Featured Vol. 2, No 1, Hope Stories Vol. 2, No 1, Survivorship Vol. 2, No 1
Getting cancer puts a lot of things into perspective. Things you took for granted are suddenly precious; situations that you would get caught up in and stress about are not that important anymore; you are humbled by force. Right before I got diagnosed, I was facing a...
by Natalie Raines | Dec 1, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 4, Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 4
I’d like to equate my life’s journey to a sailing yacht on a great sea. I charted my course and set sail a long time ago. I have run into rough seas on occasion and adjusted my sails or altered my course to find calmer waters. My sailing yacht was 57...
