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The best gift I ever received

Mark — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:25:30 +0000

Here’s yet another amazing TED talk to inspire you to see things differently.

Contested Irrelevance — My PAB2010 Jolt

Andrea — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:27:58 +0000

Honourable Mentions (Thank you!):

William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer?

Mark — Sat, 29 May 2010 11:09:03 +0000

Since Andrea is at the I Can Do It! conference, I thought I’d do my best to keep publishing fresh content on the site.

While catching up on a backlog of the TED talk videos, I saw this talk by William Li on eating to starve cancer. The talk includes a look at how cancer forms and how certain foods and spices stack up against prescribed cancer treatments.

This video is definitely worth a watch. There’s also a short animated story at the end that serves as a nice dessert.

The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen (delicious, easy recipes based on the research discussed above)
Easy AntiCancer Action
Et tu, du lait?
Unshun!
Happiness Is … Coffee
The Reintegration Challenge

Dad and daughters weekend

Mark — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:10:58 +0000

I can’t remember the last time Andrea went away for the weekend which means her getaway to Toronto is long overdue. It’s just Lucy, Bayla and me. There’s lots of fun things to do this weekend. However, like most weekends in our house, they have accumulated a mess that needs to be cleaned up before anything else can happen. I’m really hoping they can tackle the backlog tonight so we can enjoy the rest of the weekend with no pressure.

By the way, we pulled together a short video about Sylvester last night. Here it is.

Ring that Bell – a documentary celebrating Andrea’s last chemo

Mark — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:40:15 +0000

We created a short documentary video celebrating Andrea’s last fast track bloodwork appointment and breast cancer chemotherapy treatment. The video includes reflections on the six months that got us where we are, the chemo process and the jarring “klunk” of The Bell of Hope.

Get Well Wishes from some Rock Stars of Reading

Andrea — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:59:59 +0000

We treasure this touching Get Well message and can’t help sharing it again here (we originally posted at our JustOneMoreBook! children’s literature/literacy site)…

Our friend author Richard Michelson arranged and sent us this amazing video Get Well message which was filmed on November 8, 2009 during the 20th Annual Children’s Illustration Show at the Richard Michelson gallery. The video features an incredible gathering of authors and illustrators sending get well soon wishes to me. How cool is that?!

A huge Thank you to everyone who beamed us these good wishes and to Richard for the beautiful sentiment. We missed you this year and we’ll be there for sure in 2010!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Front Row: Heidi Stemple, Rebecca Guay, Jane Dyer, Jeanne Birdsall, Diane deGroat, Barbara Diamond Goldin, Nonny Hogrogian, Susan Yard Harris.
Second Row: Brooke Dyer, Shelley Rotner, Norton Juster, Jane Yolen, Lesléa Newman, Brian Karas, Barry Moser, Susan Pearson, Anna Alter, Alice Schertle.
Third Row: Wendell Minor, Jeff Mack, Rich Michelson, Kathy Brown, Nancy Sippel Carpenter, Jeannine Atkins, David Kherdian.
Back Row: Carol Weiss, Mo Willems, Scott Fischer, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Mordicai Gerstein, Paul Jacobs.

Survivor hairstyles and attitudes

Mark — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:12:34 +0000

We prepared this short video of clips from Andrea’s head shaving party and some thoughts that we live by every day.