Digital Issue: FAMILY

Digital download of the complete issue:

The FAMILY Issue, Dec 2020 / Jan 2021, Vol 5, No 6, 54 pages

They say when one person gets cancer, the whole family gets cancer. Our “Family” issue explores this idea. We turned our focus to the home – how cancer affects our closest relationships. Think: fertility, infertility, parenting with breast cancer, family legacy of genetic predisposition for breast cancer, love and intimacy... everything within your four walls. We asked how your diagnosis has impacted your life together. These are your stories.

Cover Model: Missy Peters

Contents:

Choices a poem by Meredith Bollheimer | Feeling Good as Hell? by Erin Weiss | A Reason for Living by Kirsten Chapman | Memories in Color by Erica Fitch | Lean on Me by LaKisha Cargill | Cold War by Jenny Collins | Dear Spirit Baby by Tracy Ward | Grandma Bonnie by Lauren Lopriore | The Scorpion in the Tree by Denise Archer | Baby (and Cancer) Were Thriving a photo story by Missy Peters | Mom’s No Longer Just Mom by Janine Imfeld | The Legacy by Lisa Laudico | The Light of Day by Katie Murray | The Cancer Gene by Whitney O’Connor | Generational Bullsh*t by Melanie Lynn Penn | Hunter’s Hero by Shannon Pierce | Finding Support Within by Sandra Roldan | Silver Lining by Megan Sullivan | Can I Whisper to You? Emotions, Stigmas, and Difficult Conversations by Sharon Frances

Additional Contributors: Roberta Casanova, Jaclyn Chung, Rebekah Hughes, Desiree Maldanado, Felicia Robinson, and Val Swan.

PLUS: Tell Your Story Writing Prompt

Cover photo by Missy Peters, Breast Cancer Portrait Project