by Lisa Barreto | Jan 30, 2024 | Lisa Barreto, Uncategorized
Marilyn Martin appeared at a Ribbons of Life (“ROL”) breakfast (aka “Breast Fest”). In approaching her, she told me she couldn’t smile . She apologized while telling me that her teeth were rotting. Apologize?” I asked. “Congratulations for taking the first step....
by Lisa Barreto | Nov 15, 2023 | Lisa Barreto
With the physical death of pop culture phenomenon Suzanne Somers as a result of breast cancer; and with the physical death of famed singer and breast cancer advocate Olivia Newton John; and with the physical death of American Surgeon, author and prominent advocate of...
by Lisa Barreto | Jan 26, 2023 | Lisa Barreto
The news wasn’t good. “Olivia Newton-John has died.” I didn’t know what to feel. Her first breast cancer (“b.c.) diagnosis came in 1992. She had a recurrence in 2013. And another recurrence in 2017. At age 68, the cancer had spread to her bones and progressed to a...
by Lisa Barreto | Jan 26, 2023 | Lisa Barreto
Last October, I attended a Zentangle art conference in Niagara-On-the-Lake in Canada and also spent some quality time with our cousins who lived so close to where the conference was being held. Bob and I (and I hope our cousins) had a blast! Then, on the morning we...
by Lisa Barreto | Jul 4, 2022 | Lisa Barreto
Yesterday marked the three-year anniversary of our move to the seacoast of New Hampshire. That July 1st, I signed the papers and got the key. On July 2nd, Bob and Rocky arrived after their cross-country trip. And on July 3rd, we drove to our new home to see it before...
