“I am blessed to be here and keep trying to deserve this life,” says Megan Boyle, Evanston resident and 8-year cancer survivor. This is from a woman who couldn’t walk after her first chemo treatment in 2002 because her body had lost the ability to clot a minor bruise and then 7 months later decided […]
The hot pink gloves, cleats and sweatbands worn by the National Football League players in the October games to support Breast Cancer Awareness month didn’t diminish their tenacity, stamina or strength. And breast cancer didn’t diminish the tenacity, stamina and strength of Wilmette resident Ann Sciortino. Nor did it take her sense of humor. In […]
Somewhere around mile 6, the first pain set in. The heel, the calf, a small twinge in the knee. Plus, it was cold. And I couldn’t help it, the thought did enter my mind: Why am I doing this? Then I see him. David. The first thing I noticed was that he’s tethered to […]
