Katie – Terminally Joyful
Katie lives her life through a joy lens. Not because her life is perfect. But because it is fragile and precious. As a metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patient she lives with immense uncertainty and the prospect of never ending treatments. Yet she isn’t letting this drag her into darkness. She chooses to live her life […]
Life is for Celebrating!
/0 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorLife is for Celebrating. There is something magical about making a toast. Pausing for a moment to share gratitude, honor an accomplishment, lift someone up. I love the tradition of looking each person in the eye as your glasses clink. Create connection, a moment to simply say, I see you. It’s not about the glass […]
Live a life well loved.
/12 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorWriting usually brings me immense joy, but the past couple months – I found it hard to sit down and just do it. I think that’s because I put the idea of “writing a book” into the universe and suddenly writing became intimidating. (Isn’t it crazy how that happens?) I look at it as I […]
outrunning cancer – oh yes we did.
/0 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorThere are moments in an organizations year when it truly lives out its mission. Outrunning Cancer is one of those weekends for Hope Scarves. This effort grew from my own personal love of running and wellness. The idea of gathering people together to take on a marathon while also raising money and awareness for Hope […]
Outrunning Cancer
/0 Comments/in My Hopeful Life Blog /by Lara MacGregorI’ve come to refer to our life as a rollercoaster. Because we live such drastic ups and downs determined to have fun and laugh along the way. A quick recap: December 2018 Fluid suspected in CT scan around my lungs – couldn’t be found when attempted to drain it… a miraculous holiday followed filled with […]
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 […]