Stories

Shirley Loesch

Shirley, is an active, intelligent, go-getter woman. But, July 2008 was very difficult when she learned she had Stage 2 breast cancer. After absorbing the news with her family, friends,…

Nadia Williams

As a traveling chef at amazing resorts, Nadia returned to her hometown, Portland, Oregon in September 2020. She returned for a special someone and her family during the pandemic and…

Shortly before her 42nd birthday, Britten Witherspoon found a gumball-sized lump on her breast, which a biopsy later revealed to be Stage III, Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Britten’s treatment included…

Shelli Smith

Shelli Smith, 57, remembers spending her 55th birthday in the hospital. She had just been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, and her initial treatment was radiation to her spine to…

Julie Boyles

Alone. That’s how 61-year-old Julie Boyles will tell you she got through her first breast cancer diagnosis. But, when Julie was diagnosed a second time a few years later, she…

Michelle Urke

When she found a lump on her breast at the age of 46, Michelle Urke assumed she was too young to have breast cancer. But, a friend her age had…