When someone purchases a copy of the book, I ask them to share someone they would like to donate a copy of the book in honor of or in memory of. Donated books will have a bookplate in the front that notes for whom the book is given in honor or in memory.
Am I confident enough in God to prefer heaven to earth? Wow. Now, that’s a life question. When I was in treatment for breast cancer, I asked myself this question. Can you leave this world behind?
Learn how to make bookplates—the pieces of artwork that will go inside the front cover of each My Faith Sparkles: Memoir of a Cancer Survivor book donated in honor of or memory of a loved one.
Why you are sharing your book–your story–with others is your “why story” or your platform. And, it needs to be front and center when you write, speak, blog, video, have a conversation with a friend, share a book out of the trunk of your car. How would you describe your “why story”?
Do you live in fear that the next “ding!” will be the bad news you always seem to be anticipating? Here's the #1 thing not to do when caregiving.
Are you a survivor who has asked yourself, now what? I had this painful, tragic, but also joy-filled, loved-one-supported, life-changing thing happen to me. It took me from my old world and dropped me into a new one. So, now what?
How do you handle the loss of your hair when you’re on chemotherapy? That’s a pretty personal question. Here are my three best pieces of advice.
What happens when you are the boss and you receive a cancer diagnosis? After understanding what my treatment plan would look like, I don’t know how I could have kept it a secret. If you work with staff in a leadership role, here is what I have learned.
My legacy gift is the story of my cancer journey and the faith that inspired me for the battle contained in the book, My Faith Sparkles: Memoir of a Cancer Survivor. For each book sold, one will be donated to a cancer center or support group to inspire a patient undergoing treatment.
Once a week for over three years, I received a postcard in the mail. That’s over 150 times someone mailed me a note. Over 150 times someone thought about me and my well-being. Most significant, these represented over 150 prayers prayed for me.
