Monthly Archives: September 2008

I had such a great week! Dave nominated me to be one of Self Magazine’s first ever “Women who Do Good”. Self received thousands of applications yet they chose me! In addition to donating $10,000 to CycleForSurvival (the new name of our event – please check out cycleforsurvival.org), they held an awards ceremony at The Top of The Rock in New York City. Hoda Kotb from The Today Show was the host of the evening and she invited us to appear on her show to talk about our work (see link below). The evening was truly wonderful. Self held a photo shoot (video to come) and it was so much fun…I got my hair cut, my make-up done and had a stylist pick out all of my clothes. Now I just need to grow 8 inches and lose 30 pounds so I can look like Giselle Bundchen and make this my lifestyle 🙂 I could get used to this!
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Dave’s Nomation
At the age of 33, my wife Jen was (and still …

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I have been meaning to catch up on my journal for a long time. The truth is that the last 4-6 weeks have been filled with lots of highs and lows.
The highs were that I got to see two of my very good friends get married. Dave and I travelled to Uitca, NY for our anniversary weekend (5 years already!) to see Vicky and Joey get married.
The next weekend, we flew to Gorgeous Aspen, Colorado to see Karen and Ian get married. Both weddings were so special and we had such a good time. The highlight of the Aspen weekend is that my friend Jen and I went on a really tough uphill hike that I never thought I could have done. It was straight uphill and my weakened lung capacity from the chemo with the change in elevation made it really challenging. But I did it and felt really great when I was done!
The lows have been that it has been a bit hard to readjust to the new …

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