Eliza – Cedar Hills, UT
Eliza was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer at 35. We love how she finds beauty in the little things in life and carries a smile wherever she goes. The scarf she sent back to us now carries that first story and her own!
11 years…
/11 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorI’m 30 years old, 7 months pregnant, I dress up for Halloween wearing an orange shirt with a pumpkin drawn on my big round belly. Our little two year old dinosaur trick or treats for the first time with his monkey and princess friends. I am planning the McWane Science Center annual fundraiser, Beaker Bash. […]
I am safe.
/10 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorThank you for the outpouring of love and support as we faced our first MBC progression diagnosis. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks – hosting 500+ friends for Hope Scarves annual event, Colors of Courage (a huge success… more on that below), soccer tournaments, scans, doctor appointments, phone calls, more scans, escaping to Maine […]
Hope begins in the dark
/17 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorWell, this post isn’t what I hoped to be writing today. After 4 ½ years of champagne celebrations following clear scans – today we got the news we knew would come eventually. Progression. I have a new spot in my left femur and growth on my right hip. There it is. In a way we […]
Joyfully living
/4 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorOur family had the most amazing summer in Michigan. We all agree, the best yet! (which is pretty remarkable given some of our adventures.) Wide open days filled with swimming, fishing, boating, climbing sand dunes, spending time with dear family and friends. 10pm dinners. Barely ever knowing what day it is and certainly not paying […]
This moment… summer!
/1 Comment/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorFor those of you who have been reading the blog for a while know summer really starts for me when we head to Michigan. Jay and I grew up in Michigan. I was never more than a couple miles from Lake Michigan my entire life until careers took us on adventures in Europe, Alabama and […]