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Tuesday, August 20

By on August 21, 2013 in Joanie's blog

So I’m going back to teach Service Learning at Skyline.  I haven’t been there since February of 2011 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer and I made a quick exit.  I understood immediately that the treatment and healing phase of this disease would take all my energy.  I thought my teaching days were over […]

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Thursday, April 12

By on April 13, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.”  Viktor Frankel My younger sister, Emily, also a carrier of the BRCA 1 gene, had surgery yesterday to remove all her breast tissue.  She is 32 years old.  She underwent […]

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Tuesday, April 12

By on April 12, 2011 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filing the cracks with gold.  They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.  Barbara Bloom From Waking the Warrior Goddess:  Take an herbal adaptogen every day to lower your body’s response to stress.  More details […]

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