Caring For Cynthia

I've been cultivating my experiences of marketing and exposing "Caring For Cynthia" over the past months.  Through my travels to book events and my discussions with other caregivers, I know "Caring For Cynthia" is an expression of a conversation about cancer that is either never or rarely considered - the expression of the caregiver's helplessness, uncertainty, guilt, shame, concern, frustration or fears (to mention a few) that surface when a loved one is diagnosed.  

My intention, through this blog, is to give caregivers the space in which to share their feelings all the while honoring their loved one and finding empowerment through shared stories - underscoring the we are all affected when a diagnosis is confirmed.  

In the upcoming weeks, I'll be connecting with oncology centers across the nation to create the possibility that Caring For Cynthia has a presence inside each center.  I'll be reaching out to nurses, oncology nurse educators and other oncology staff that will, in turn, introduce "Caring For Cynthia" to their patients - as this is an educational tool that serves as a platform for dialogue among patients and their loved ones/friends/family and their practitioners.  

"Caring For Cynthia" is a book that gives new courage to look at breast cancer.  It's a book that acknowledges and validates caregivers in the support they are for the patient's well being during a journey with breast cancer.  

"Caring For Cynthia" supports the existence of the complex emotional components inside a journey with cancer that can lead the reader to a thoroughly enriching experience despite the darkness of cancer that otherwise initially obstructs the beauty in vulnerability from our view. Develop a new courage to "be" with breast cancer.  Be a part of a community that honors the vulnerability of those diagnosed with breast cancer and step forward to support the well being of those diagnosed.   

Please email a link to this blog to others of whom you know have been touched by breast cancer.