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Day 29 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Heat Dziczek Sharing the Meaning of a Fifth Card in the Cancer.Com Deck
Heath (Heather) Dziczek's Cancer Cards are simply genius. A cancer survivor herself (Lymphoma), she had many awkward conversations with...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 291 min read
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Day 26 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - A Quick Chat with my Sewing Sisters, Deb & Susie
Today, it was all about friendship and how it's needed to lead a good life, especially if going through trials and tribulations. And,...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 262 min read
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Day 15 of CCAM: "I Hear You Can Cure Cancer with Carrot Juice!"
Speaker, writer, collector of stories. Always curious. Occasionally hilarious, Heat Dzizcek is the CEO at Cancer Conversation SOS - and...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 151 min read
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Day 11 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month & The Focused Fight on Several Platforms.
When I began writing The Focused Fight: A Childhood Cancer Memoir, from Mayhem to Miracles , in earnest during the pandemic, my goal was...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 112 min read
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Day 9 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - It's Over! NOT!
My friend, Heat (also known as Heather) Dziczek, is on fire with her CancerCards . I think her work on what not to say to people with...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 91 min read
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Day 7 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - Stats That Matter!
We are ending the first week of Celebrating Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Stats that Matter. Here are the stats I discussed in...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 71 min read
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Day 6 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2025
There is a lot of repurposing going on in various forms of writing, including videos, books, magazine articles, and the entire spectrum...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 62 min read
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Day 4 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Ex. Dir. of Special Love, Elena Jeannotte
Elena Jeannotte, Executive Director of Special Love, Inc ., since December 2024, shares the impact she has witnessed with the kids and...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 41 min read
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Day 3 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: It's OKAY, Not to Be OKAY - CancerCards with Heat Dziczek
Cancer Survivor, Writer, Musician, Teacher, and more, Heat Dziczek shares the first of five of her cancer cards - 'It's Okay Not to Be...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 31 min read
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Day 1 of September -Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - Welcome and Why Do I Do This?
Today starts my 5th year in Celebrating Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! I am excited to share stories, interviews, and more. I may even...

Terri Tomoff
Sep 11 min read
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More Quilts for Ethiopia's Cancer Kids in 2015!
This is a photo from my trip to Ethiopia in 2018. Except for the green bag, the suitcases and large bag were filled with quilts and toys...

Terri Tomoff
Apr 292 min read
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The Focused Fight Celebrates its 4th Anniversary with a Video and Blooper!
As mothers, we can never forget the dates we give birth to our babies. The same goes for writers when we give birth to and publish our...

Terri Tomoff
Mar 212 min read
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Aziza's Army Holiday Lunch, Plus Dr. Shad's UN Agent of Change Award Recipient!
Grateful Gals, AKA Childhood Cancer Fighting Moms, Plus, Dr. Aziza Shad’s UN Agent of Change Award Recipient We are affectionately called...

Terri Tomoff
Dec 23, 20243 min read
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Quilted Kindness: A Holiday Story of Giving and Gratitude
It's been a week since I raffled off the 2024 Christmas Quilt for Just Tryan It . (The quilt is being mailed to its new owner - Jodie...

Terri Tomoff
Dec 12, 20242 min read
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And the Winner of the Christmas Raffle Quilt Is...
Jodie Smith is the Winner of the 2024 Christmas Row-by-Row Quilt to benefit the Childhood Cancer Charity JustTryanIt ! JTI's mission is...

Terri Tomoff
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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