6 years later...

44 years of age, Stage 3C ER + PR+ HER+ Mastectomy. 13 out of 15 lymph nodes+ 

Over 6 years ago...

Still a living, breathing, laughing, loving testimony to every thing we could ever believe in that is good, powerful, wonderful & true...She IS my sister. 

She is Moulin Rouge meets Rocky Horror and the moon meeting the sun. 

She is Cinderella dancing barefoot to the Beatles, the Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Stevie Wonder...

and we all wonder how she does it... 

and how she does it so beautifully, so patiently, so lovingly & so strongly...

and I know that it's because she speaks her truth...

she told me...

she OWNS this cancer, it does not own her.

6+ Years Later...Walking the Walk 

 Please show your support for all survivors of everything that life throws out, in any way that you can. It has a tremendous butterfly-effect that you may never even know about. 

And if you have a nickel to spare...no amount is too small, please donate to 'yayafortatas'...It is Kimbies youngest walking the walk for her...

Even more important than raising tons of money, we want that roll of names on the far right to long & healthy :)

The Color of Strength.....

"Dear Doctor Nair",

She addressed him formally, the good looking bartender of The Cocktail room, the man in charge of the magic, the mixes, the chemo cocktails....
the man in charge of the two for ones, the "Ladies Only's", the endless IV drips, the fix......

And thanked him. Not just for all he's done for her or them, everyone before and everyone after, but for the circle.....the union of blanketed souls, bared and chilled, hand to hand, surviving. One shares storys and one crochets, one sleeps husky breathed and exhausted, three are freezing, one jittering and afraid, one passes out.....And here, hooked up to IV's and hope, they touch each other's lives....naked of color, age, race, class, profession, pasts.....they fight to live, fight to love, fight to see each other through it.....

An army...the color of strength....

And she thanked him......
for drawing the circle

REMISSION

Back from the beach for just the wee-est bit of time, the latest PET scans came in.

Like the tide pulling out what the sea sees fit to take and spitting forth what she wants to leave for us to pick up...we wander the sand, picking up beautiful shells, grinding our toes into the sand & feeling the rip tide gently suck on our soles sunk ankle deep in the healing waters of the Atlantic...

Giving, taking, healing, feeling, beleiving...

Our Favorite Mermaid...

KIMBIES IS OFFICIALLY IN REMISSION!

Peace & Love and the Powers Of!