Gretchen – Louisville, KY
Gretchen is stylish, driven and an all-in kind of friend. She is also living with metastatic breast cancer. You wouldn’t know as she blazes past you in a road race. Her passion for living life over cancer inspires many as one of our October Faces of Hope.
A breath without cancer…
/2 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorIn the latest twist and turn on the MBC roller coaster, the fluid drained from my lung came back with NO SIGN OF CANCER. (that’s right, no sign of cancer). I shared an emotional update on social media the afternoon we received this information. And again, the next day I reflected on my feelings at […]
hope is true.
/18 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorAs many of you know, my cancer ride has been particularly bumpy these past couple months. In October I experienced progression in my hip – which we treated with radiation. Then, in December a scan showed progression in the lining of my lung. But when we went in to draw out a diagnostic sample of […]
The MBC cloak
/11 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorTake a deep breath. Breath in and out. Close your eyes. Repeat. This is a simple exercise I do often each day to ground myself. Right now, it’s hard… I am fearful that the lining of my lungs is filling with cancerous fluid (as suspected in a recent scan) and as a result – I […]
Thanks and giving.
/3 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorI was ready to put cancer away for Thanksgiving (which also happens to be my 42nd birthday). It’s just been a lot lately, but as I woke up this morning at our farm I realized first I needed to get out some feelings… and process the past couple weeks. It’s quiet… the boys are sleeping, […]
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. […]