by Admin | Oct 26, 2018 | #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,...
by Admin | Oct 24, 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,...
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 1, 2018 | #maggiesbrightside, Breast Cancer, Fundraising, Maggie Card, Making Lemonade
Holy Moly Brightsiders! 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...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Apr 3, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Legacy List, Making Lemonade, Metastatic Disease, Positive thinking
Spoiler alert: Nobody knows how the universe works. I know. You thought I was going to give you the key to the city. Sorry. At the beginning of March, I learned that my liver lesions had decreased in size by practically 50%! This is huge! The doctors have never given...