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December 03, 2019
Giving Tuesday 2019: Heather is moving beyond cancer
When you donate to YACC you are helping a person who is living with cancer come out of isolation, connect with others, and know they are not alone.
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January 11, 2017
Heather’s blog: On grief
There is no right answer on how you are supposed to grieve the loss of someone. This is the first death of a family member since my diagnosis, since connecting with YACC, and I didn’t expect it to be this hard this soon.
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December 19, 2016
Heather’s blog: My diagnosis didn’t just change my life
Cancer changed my life, but it also changed the lives of everyone close to me.
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November 17, 2016
Heather’s blog: My five year YACCiversary
By Heather Bonynge Five years ago, my life changed forever. Similar to the day I was told I had cancer, I didn’t know exactly what was going to come next […]
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October 04, 2016
Heather’s blog: Capture your grief
“Although the face of grief can be very different for all of us, there is one question that seems to be the same no matter what type of loss or hardship you are experiencing: How do we move past it?”
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September 06, 2016
Heather’s Blog: Restart
“I have been plodding forward for the past few months, head down, eyes on the ground focused solely on what needed to be done in all the different roles I play in my life. Don’t get me wrong, those roles are important, but along that journey, I forgot and lost sight of the most important role I play in my life: ME.”
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March 28, 2016
Heather’s blog: The part we rarely talk about
“Since being diagnosed with cancer and becoming connected with YACC in 2011, I have lost a lot of people; it comes part in parcel with being linked with this community. Even though most of us know this going in, and accept it in part because the gains outweigh the losses, doesn’t necessarily make it any easier. “
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February 16, 2016
Heather’s blog: Sex is different after cervical cancer
Submitted photo By Heather Bonynge Valentine’s Day: It is still so close in our rear view mirrors that many of us still have LOVE on the brain. I personally do […]
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January 19, 2016
Heather’s blog: What do you do when you’ve realized your dreams?
So here we are, three weeks into 2016 and over the past few weeks, I have found myself thinking, “What do I do now that I seem to have accomplished all of my goals, and I am living the life I love?”
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December 22, 2015
Heather’s blog: It’s been seven years since my diagnosis
By Heather Bonynge Two of the questions I am most commonly asked as a cancer survivor is, “How did you feel when you were first told you had cancer?” and […]
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September 29, 2015
Heather’s blog: It’s not about the destination; it’s about the journey
I now have the strength, spirit, and support of a community that has and will carry me through any type of terrain I encounter as I continue along my path. I’ll worry less about my destination, and more about the people and the moments I share along the way.
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June 30, 2015
Heather’s blog: Risks and rewards
It has been during those times in my life when I listened to what my gut was telling me, and followed what was truly in my heart and true to me, that I have made my best choices, and found direction.
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