Events Around Town – Page 6

Willow Creek high school students making an ‘impact’ at home and abroad

“Imagine what we could do if we all stepped up and decided to serve God. We would be unstoppable.” This quote, spoken by a high school student at Willow Creek Community Church’s Sunday morning “Student Impact” service in South Barrington, summed up his recent spring break trip to El Salvador. According to Brittany Lowen, regional… Continue reading Willow Creek high school students making an ‘impact’ at home and abroad

Blazing trails: Wheaton club lacrosse style

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson- The Wheaton College Women’s Club Lacrosse team has been in existence for several years now, and is on track to gain varsity status in a couple of years. According to a recent article… Continue reading Blazing trails: Wheaton club lacrosse style

(Chicago) authors: writing a book should be ‘fun’!

Tuesday, at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, we had the good fortune of hearing from Alec Klein, an award-winning investigative journalist who will be teaching a long-form non-fiction capstone class this summer. The goal of the class? To produce a long-form magazine feature piece, or, a chapter of a book, to hopefully be published… Continue reading (Chicago) authors: writing a book should be ‘fun’!

Lymphoma Visionary of the Year Claire Benway: Cancer Thriver & Jesus Loving Thespian ExtraordinaireApril 13, 2025
This post is a post celebrating a friend of mine I met at Maple Plain Community Church in 2020: Claire Benway! Claire loves Jesus and is a cancer thriver like me–instead of breast cancer, though, Claire is a non-Hodgkin-lymphoma thriver. Claire was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins-lymphoma in March 2024, finished intensive chemotherapy 6 months ago, and… Continue reading Lymphoma Visionary of the Year Claire Benway: Cancer Thriver & Jesus Loving Thespian Extraordinaire
My Breast Cancer Journey Part 46: My 3-Year-Survivorship Appointments (All Clear!) + Continued Ovarian Cancer Previvor ScreeningJune 17, 2023
This blog post is the 46th in a series about my (and twin sister’s) breast cancer journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. In 2019, I also started documenting our younger sister’s breast cancer previvorship journey. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 46: My 3-Year-Survivorship Appointments (All Clear!) + Continued Ovarian Cancer Previvor Screening
My Breast Cancer Journey Part 45: My Twin Sister’s Baby Harold Robert is Here!June 16, 2023
This blog post is the 45th in a series about my (and twin sister’s) breast cancer journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. In 2019, I also started documenting our younger sister’s breast cancer previvorship journey. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 45: My Twin Sister’s Baby Harold Robert is Here!
My Breast Cancer Journey Part 44: My Twin Sister’s 36-Week Pregnant Breast Biopsy is “All Clear!” & Baby Harold Robert is Almost Here!January 27, 2023
This blog post is the 44th in a series about my (and twin sister’s) breast cancer journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. In 2019, I also started documenting our younger sister’s breast cancer previvorship journey. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 44: My Twin Sister’s 36-Week Pregnant Breast Biopsy is “All Clear!” & Baby Harold Robert is Almost Here!
My Breast Cancer Journey Part 43: My Twin Sister’s Baby Boy, Bobbie Formula Sponsorship, IVF & 18 Month Remission Appointment!November 22, 2022
This blog post is the 43rd in a series about my (and twin sister’s) breast cancer journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. In 2019, I also started documenting our younger sister’s breast cancer previvorship journey. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 43: My Twin Sister’s Baby Boy, Bobbie Formula Sponsorship, IVF & 18 Month Remission Appointment!