by Director | Nov 14, 2018 | 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...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Aug 17, 2018 | Cancer, Children, Love, Metastatic Disease, Stage IV
Do you like summer? Are you ready for your kids to go back to school, or could you use a few more months? I love summers, but my past few have been a little rough. The summer prior to my diagnosis was the best summer of my life. Last summer was the worst; starting...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Jun 16, 2018 | 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 me full publication rights. I’m publishing this poem because I think it’s important...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Sep 3, 2017 | anger, Breast Cancer, Children, Maggie Card, Progression
If you have children under the age of 10 then you probably have watched the hit movie sensation, “Trolls,” and you probably have memorized the words to every single song on the soundtrack. I’ve joked that Poppy is like my spirit, but animated, that, “I Will Get Back...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Mar 16, 2017 | #maggiesbrightside, Breast Cancer, Children, Community
When Jim and I told our kids that my cancer was growing again and I would have to do more chemotherapy, they took it quite well. Zoey, age 8, a chip off the ole’ block, said “and then you’ll get better?” Then she proceeded to highlight the things she thinks are...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Feb 12, 2016 | Cancer, Children, Diagnosis, Positive thinking, surgery
Today I had to wear two hats just to go outside. Two. It’s so cold. My hair is growing back as blond as it was the day I was born, but not quite fast enough! And therefore, I’ll probably be wearing two hats all weekend. Actually I’ll probably be...
