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thank you, thank you, thank you for all of the love and support

(the image on the left is from our motorcycle trip out west last summer, that was the first place we stopped for lunch…)

Now More Than Ever

March 6, 2025 By

This Saturday, I wlll be riding with The Nutcrackers in my 11th Cycle For Survival to raise funds for rare cancer research. With all manner of scientific and medical research being drastically cut in the public sector, private donations are more important than ever to continue this life-saving work so that more may survive and […]

Tomorrow We Ride Into a New Decade

March 8, 2024 By

Tomorrow we ride. It will be my 10th year as part of The Nutcrackers and a decade of survivorship. Here’s a collection of a few images from the past 10 years – the terrible and the beautiful, the gruesome and the joyful. I ride so more may survive and we can find less brutal treatments. […]

10 Year Anniversary and How I Ended Up In Vogue

April 25, 2023 By

Friends and family! I can’t believe it’s been almost 10 years since I was diagnosed. What grace and blessing to have lived a full life in that decade and to welcome Juniper and Iris to our family and watch them grow. It is all a tremendous gift. On November 10th last year, the eve of […]

The Nutcrackers are back in person!

May 15, 2022 By

The last year has proven to be another challenging one for us all but the increased opportunities to gather safely in person feel like much needed medicine and food for the soul. Next Saturday, for the first time in 2 years, we will be riding to raise funds for germ cell tumor research at MSK. […]

Nutcrackers Ride Again

May 15, 2021 By

What a year. Personally, I have been both overwhelmed by the intensity, the disruption and the grief and, at the same time, have been in awe of acts of compassion and moments of connectedness, healing and growth. On many levels these juxtaposed feelings remind me of the year I was sick. I remain so deeply […]