Butterflies at the Breast Center Fest

That's right, there will be butterflies at this year's Breast Center Fall Festival at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center in Delaware.

Butterflies
©McVicker&Hersh,LLC

We are honored that our book Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings has been selected as the featured book at the event.

We will have our art prints, as well as copies of our book in English and now in Spanish!  I (Nanci) will be there signing books, and am looking forward to seeing some of my dear friends who are truly butterflies in my life.

There will be Breast Health Education, tours (it is a beautiful facility!), Breast Health Education, Giveaways, Door Prizes, Pink Ribbon items on sale to benefit the Breast Center Special Needs Fund.

Hope to see you, too!

Who Wore it Better?

You decide...

no comment.   

Actually, I may have only worn it once or twice.  Itchy, hot, and it was summer after all.

Maggie on the other hand, has been seen out in her new "do."

This is my new look these days.

Now its onto radiation.  

As anyone out there tried aloe?

A Promise to Michael

Pinkie Promise
from Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings
©2011McVicker&Hersh, LLC

My girlfriend Michael is dying.  She is under the nurturing care of staff at Shalom Park in Aurora, Colorado.  Diagnosed with ovarian cancer four years ago, Michael has been at death's door more times than anyone I have ever known ... yet, she  has refused to enter each and every time.  She has been quite remarkable in that way - so remarkable, I even made her a  promise...

Yesterday, August 22, 2011, I knelt beside Michael's bed and told her that I would tell  the whole   world what a wonderful job she had done.  So now, I am keeping  that  promise.  I am putting it out into cyberspace that my girlfriend (and friend to so many others), Michael Sears, did indeed do a remarkable job – a remarkable job of letting people into her world as she was dying ... and an even more remarkable job of fighting this insidious disease.

                                                                                                           .... to be continued

It's Not Hard to Say Good Bye

To Taxol that is.  Today is my last Taxol infusion.

I opted for the 4 treatments every two weeks recommended by MSKCC vs. the lower dose once a week for 12 weeks suggested by my oncologist at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center in Delaware.
The thinking is lower doses, less side effects.  Fortunately, aside from some body aches and chills for a couple of days and sleeplessness from the steroids that are given with the drug, it has not been a bad run.  I believe this is large part from the acupuncture treatments I have been receiving regularly (and good luck?)

Nanci at Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, July 2011
photo by Kay Healy
Photo session made possible by the Leeway Foundation

On to radiation next.  Are we having fun yet?

Besos de Mariposa

Our book is now available in Spanish! Thanks to Edith Camargo, nothing is lost in translation.  The empowering message of our book is now in paperback for our Spanish speaking families.

Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When someone you love has cancer... a hopeful, helpful book for kids

As we work on updating our website with our new edition please contact us directly if you need a Spanish copy of our book in the near future.

ellenmcvicker@butterflykissesbook.com

Ready to Go

Illustration from book
Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When someone you love has cancer... a hopeful, helpful book for kids
©2011McVicker&Hersh,LLC

The new Spanish paperback edition of our book- Besos de Mariposa y Deseos con Alas has cleared customs and is on its way!  

Keep you posted.

Hot News - BK WOW - now in Spanish!

We are excited to announce that our book Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When someone you love has cancer... a hopeful, helpful book for kids will soon (very!) be available in Spanish as a paperback book!

Ellen's words, beautifully translated by Edith Camargo will help Spanish speaking children and their families cope with a loved one's cancer diagnosis.

Ask us how you can be a Mariposa for someone you know....