
Incredible Makeovers Help Cancer Patients Forget About Their Illness, If Only For a Second
You know what I miss the most? Being carefree. This statement is the inspiration behind the “If Only For a Second” project, a collaboration between the Mimi Foundation and Leo Burnett France. Twenty…

We Heart (Healthy) Boobs!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, did you know? It’s hard not to with all the pink ribbons and pink stuff in the stores. Commercialization and pinkwashing aside, breast cancer is an issue…

A Child of Chernobyl – Growing Up in the Aftermath of Nuclear Disaster
On April 26, 1986, when I was about four and a half years old, reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine exploded. This was before the age of instant…

The Most Beautiful Scarf
When my mother had to take time off from work while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer this year, she needed something besides reading (she’s a fantastic reader and can get through a whole…