48 cancer fighters thrive | spring 2014
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IMAGES OF HOPE
New Horizons
Patients and caregivers share photos of new directions and milestones.
1. SHARON CHASE "I am
back in treatment, and my
hair was starting to fall out,
so I made an appointment to
have it shaved of. In a show
of support, my husband got
his head shaved as well and
had the teal ribbon inked on
the back of his head, and all
my girlfriends had a streak
of teal put in their hair. It was
amazing."
2. TERRECE CRAWFORD
launched a new career as a
beauty advisor in the wake
of her cancer journey. "I am
a beauty advisor for Chanel,"
Terrece says, "and I love
helping women look good—
not just on the outside, but
to know, most importantly,
that they are beautiful on the
inside!"
3. CISSY HASS (far right) and
her best girlfriends, Angie
Tarkenton, Sandee Crain and
Kelley Bass, tried something
new during a recent girls' trip
to the mountains: on a whim,
the four friends decided
to visit a tattoo parlor and
each have a purple (the
color of pancreatic cancer
awareness) heart tattooed
onto their ring fngers in
honor of Cissy's fght.
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4. ANITA POPOVICH "My cancer diagnosis certainly
gave me many new horizons. At 61 years old, I decided
to retire from my job and spend time doing things I
did not have a lot of time to do before. My faith led
me to the Carmelites. As a volunteer at the Carmelite
Monastery in Loretto, Pennsylvania, I greet visitors
and work in the gif shop. Here, I am standing in front
of the statue of St. Therese, outside the entrance to
the monastery."
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