by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 31, 2015 | Breast Cancer, Mindfulness, Photography
Greetings from Atlanta! I’m on the road again this weekend, attending soccer parents weekend at Emory University. We’ve been lucky enough to attend Emory soccer games in Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta over the past month, with an added road...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 24, 2015 | Breast Cancer, Mindfulness
Well, it’s October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Instead of railing against the commercialism behind so much of the pink as I’ve done in the past, I’ll do my part as a survivor to increase your awareness of what it’s like for a patient after...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 10, 2014 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
Five years ago today, on June 10, 2009, I lay on an operating table with my arms immobilized in Velcro crucifix constraints forming perfect 90 degree angles from my torso. Salty tears slid down my temples into my hair, with no way for me to wipe them away. Realizing...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 24, 2013 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Motivation
“I can’t believe we’re actually doing this!” Donna hugged me excitedly and continued, “We’re actually here!” We stood with around 35,000 of our closest friends in the Pentagon parking lot at the start of the 2013 Army 10-Miler...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 16, 2013 | Breast Cancer
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is reprinted from Yvonne Watterson’s website Consider the Lilies ~ & Lessons From the Field. What has surprised me most since my own breast cancer diagnosis four years ago is just how many survivors (myself included)...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 16, 2013 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Parenting, Motivation
Boston gave me a taste of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) yesterday. I was in my ninth hour of gardening when my mother called and told me to turn on the TV. (She knows me. I never watch TV.) The ear-splitting blast (this time bombs, not planes going into...
