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Reasons I Love Seattle: #5 We’re never far from mother nature

by Judy Schwartz Haley

All the benefits of a robust metropolis and yet, nestled between the mountains and the Salish Sea, it takes no effort at all to let nature envelope you in Seattle.

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Me: As Seen On…

TV: yes! really! I was on CNN! So here’s the deal: [...]

Dear Gem – Month 28

by Judy Schwartz Haley

This month you made your international television debut on CNN!

This story was about Debbie Cantwell, another woman who survived breast cancer. She went on to build an organization to help other young women with breast cancer. She helped us by hiring someone to come clean our home when I was tired and weak [...]

Thank You

by Judy Schwartz Haley

If you haven’t already heard, we have some pretty awesome news: I just completed my treatment for breast cancer!

I am so ready to get on with my life, but first I want to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who helped get me through the past 16 months since my diagnosis.

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Wait. What?

by Judy Schwartz Haley

I think there should be some kind of trophy, or medal, or certificate of achievement, something anyway to mark the completion of cancer treatment. I understand why it’s not done, but nonetheless it seems like all this hard work and endurance should reach some point of crescendo, a climax, a triumphant overcoming of the evil [...]