Maggie's Brightside Blog - Maggie's Brightside

We’re All a Little Awkward

Today's guest post is written by Caitlin Perry and brought to you in partnership with our Over The Top Sponsor Breezy Hill Marketing. Breezy Hill Marketing provides support and funding for Maggie's Brightside. Breezy Hill Marketing is a Vermont owned and operated...

Beginning a New Life With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Diagnosis, Stage IV

Today’s guest post was written by by Emily Garnett. It is brought to you by our Sponsor, Camp Sangamon. Camp Sangamon provides funding for Maggie’s Brightside as a Super Generous Sponsor. Furthermore, if a Maggie Card holder has a son age 9 to 16, they will receive 5%...

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Stories

Cancer

Today's guest post was written by by Alix Gibson. It is brought to you by our Sponsor, Blissful Healing. Blissful Healing provides funding for Maggie's Brightside as a Super Generous Sponsor. Maggie Card holders receive 10% off all treatments at Blissful Healing....

I’m a Sick Mom

Children

Maggie wrote and planned to perform this piece for Expressing Motherhood, a live show that ran in Burlington, Vermont on 11/9 & 11/10. She passed before she had the chance... Do you know there are quizzes that you can take to determine which type of mom you...

Maggie’s Last Blog Post

#maggiesbrightside, Death

My name is Jemima and I am a mom, a blogger, and friend of Maggie’s. I am honored that she asked me to write this post. I am also surprised that she asked this, as I only met her about three and a half years ago. I remember walking into my first Moms Blog event,...

Maggie Van Duyn October 30th, 1979 ~ October 21, 2018

Uncategorized

Maggie Van Duyn October 30th, 1979- October 21st, 2018 Richmond, Vermont Maggie passed peacefully in her home, in the arms of family, after a three-year journey with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer. Loved ones surrounded her during her final days and nights,...

I’m Not Dead Yet

Breast Cancer, Cancer, Death, Progression, Uncategorized

Now is the time for comfort. Now is time to wrap my body in warmth and sunlight. I need to cocoon myself so that I can emerge into the next phase of my existence. Whatever that may be. I’m not saying I’m going to curl up and die, did you really think that’d be the way I’d go?

Summer, Interrupted

Cancer, Children, Love, Metastatic Disease, Stage IV

This summer- well, I’m dubbing this summer, “Summer, Interrupted.” Interrupted, because I’m at the whim of this beastly cancer, and I’ve learned to plan my life in 3 month sections.

I Am From

Breast Cancer, Cancer, Children

I have a guest writer this week. I asked this author if I could publish her piece of work and after balking, she demanded I double her allowance for payment and then gave full publication rights.

The First Annual Making Lemonade

#maggiesbrightside, Breast Cancer, Fundraising, Maggie Card, Making Lemonade

Making Lemonade really blew my socks off. I’m not going to go into the gritty details, because, well you should come and find out for yourself next time. But let’s just say we all gleaned some insight from a fine sommelier courtesy of Vermont Comedy Club.