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Cancer is a word our family and friends have unfortunately always been accustomed to hearing.Cancer, or “The Big C” as we often refer to it, has stolen time with loved ones for as long as I can remember. From an early age, I felt helpless.The...
Coming from a family of four sisters, Michelle, Melinda, Melanie and Marcia, it was bound to happen.A breast cancer diagnosis seemed inevitable and it did for number three of the M’s in the spring of 2020. Melanie Jean Lacroix Shokal, my hero and my...
Whenever I’m asked why I participate in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of New Hampshire, I always say because someone asked, and I said “yes.” That’s mostly true, but there is a reality that we’ve all been affected by cancer in one way or...
Almost 20 years ago former girls’ volleyball coach Matthew Skidds, now assistant headmaster at Coe Brown Northwood Academy, approached me about getting our girls’ sports teams involved in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. I thought it was...
Cancer, the one word you hope you never have to hear. Sadly, that is not the case for so many people. I have experienced the grief that comes with losing a loved one as a result of this devastating disease. The loss of a mother, grandmother and aunt...