by amanda3olives | Jan 24, 2016 | Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, Family, fatherless children, featured, Foundation, grief, hospice, lynch syndrome, modern widows, Non-profit, Orlando, Travel, Wedding, Widow, young cancer patients, young cancer wives
I went to a wedding over the holidays. Not just any wedding, it was Joe’s best friend’s wedding. It was beautiful, it was full of love and it was the hardest thing I’ve done since losing Joe. The bride and groom honored Joe in every detail from the...
by amanda3olives | Dec 15, 2015 | Family, fatherless children, featured, Foundation, grief, hospice, lynch syndrome, modern widows, Non-profit, Orlando, Wedding, Widow, young cancer patients, young cancer wives
“STAY GLAM!” I love that Joe’s final messages to me have started a movement. When I read the letter he left me after he died I couldn’t help but smile when I saw the words, Stay Glam. He went on to say he wanted to make sure I was taking...
by amanda3olives | Nov 25, 2015 | Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, colon cancer, counseling, fatherless children, featured, Foundation, grief, hospice, lynch syndrome, modern widows, Non-profit, Orlando, Wedding, Widow, young cancer patients, young cancer wives
Can you believe the holidays are here? It’s my very, very favorite time of year. My birthday is December 14th and Mira Joey turns TWO on December 19th! Then of course, my guy JC on the 25th. I hope you’ll think of all of the people who are suffering this...
by amanda3olives | Nov 14, 2015 | bereavement, Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, Chicago, colon cancer, counseling, Family, fatherless children, featured, Foundation, grief, hospice, lynch syndrome, modern widows, Non-profit, Orlando, Widow, young cancer patients, young cancer wives
365 days. That’s the amount of time society gives someone to grieve. Hospice offers one year of free counseling and then you’re cut off. Counselors told me I have one year to be crazy. Friends have said, “well you’re still in the first...
by amanda3olives | Oct 23, 2015 | Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, colon cancer, Family, fatherless children, featured, Foundation, grief, hospice, modern widows, Non-profit, Orlando, Travel, Widow, young cancer wives
“We made it,” I thought as I watched my toddler grunt and struggle to pick up each tiny pumpkin and load it on to a cart. She’s a workhorse like her dad. She buzzes around taking on every task with as much gusto as her little body can possibly...
by amanda3olives | Oct 8, 2015 | Cancer, caregivers, colon cancer, Family, featured, Foundation, hospice, modern widows, Non-profit, Orlando, Travel, Widow, young cancer wives
We received an absolutely beautiful nomination for this beautiful young woman, Samantha Smith. As I read their story I felt the same depth of love and honor she feels to be by her husband’s side during this crappy journey. I can hear in their words the...
