by Director | May 31, 2019 | #maggiesbrightside, Cancer, Community, Diagnosis
I knew Maggie was a force of nature. A force of fierceness and humor, of insight and brilliance, of dance and joy. I knew she was doing an incredible amount of work by starting Maggie’s Brightside and turning it into something really legit. As I read her blog posts...
by Maggie Van Duyn | May 25, 2017 | Breast Cancer, Community, Fashion, Fitness, Maggie Card
YOU GUYS—I am so excited to FINALLY tell you my big news! It all started when I was diagnosed with Stage IV Breast Cancer in September of 2015 and I was swiftly ushered into a new club. The Cancer Club. It is a terrible club to be in. People who are in the club...
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 | Nov 23, 2016 | Breast Cancer, Community, Mindfulness
I don’t know about all of you, but since the election I feel like my breathing has been so shallow. Whether you are on the right or the left, I think we can all agree that this election has brought forth a lot of emotions: fear, anger, sadness, resentment, elation. It...
by colleenkeri | Aug 21, 2016 | Community, Metastatic Disease, Scanxiety
When Maggie asked Jessi and I to write this blog about the upcoming ‘Pay it Forward Day,’ I first thought about selflessness, and what it means for the world. Selflessness is taking yourself out of the picture. It is giving and loving freely without thinking...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Jun 29, 2016 | #maggiesbrightside, Community, Love, Music, Stage IV
The music of Michael Franti and Spearhead have punctuated and embellished the monumental moments in my life for the past 14 years. They were there on the day that my husband, Jim, and I met and Jim tried to get my number while I assured him that his friends had it if...
