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Facing the (Holiday) Music: Six Helpful Tips to Comfort Grieving Hearts This Holiday Season

Making the Cancer Connection: How Networking with a Cancer Survivor Just Might Save Your Life

Making the Cancer Connection: Five Questions to Ask a Cancer Survivor That Just Might Save Your Life

“I Don’t Believe You Just Said That!” Eight Statements to Question in Your Cancer Fight

Taking Care of YOU: Five Ways that Caregivers Can Stay Healthy and Bypass the Pitfalls (Power Naps Included!)

Facing the Battle of Your Life: Eight Key Ways to Fight When You Receive a Cancer Diagnosis

The No-Excuse Zone: Why the Combination of Excuses and Cancer Can Be Deadly

The Best Medicine: Why Having a Circle of Friends Is Crucial for Caregivers

New Year, New Hope: Suggestions for Facing the New Year after Losing a Loved One

Facing the Holidays with a Heavy Heart: Five Ways to Show You Care During a Darker Christmas Season

Surviving Valentine’s Day after Your Sweetheart Has Passed Away: Five Tips to Help Comfort Grieving Hearts This February 14th

When Germs Become Killers: Unearthing a Plan to Keep Germs Away from a Cancer Patient



Joni in the Media

Download the pdf of Joni in the Media (7/12/10)

 
 
 
Excerpt from The Broken Shell, by Joni James Aldrich
 

Not unlike humans in tough times,
when grieving breaks their stride.
Their broken shell can be repaired
with loving care and restored pride.

A purpose found and cause renewed
can be our human lifeline, too.
But not unlike the broken shell
we’ll drift until we make it through.

  “The beach was swept away by the twin forces of violent wind and waves. Days later, piles of broken shells were deposited onto the shore. Nature had begun the rebuilding process. This is much the same as the process we undergo when rebuilding our lives after suffering the catastrophic loss of someone we love…”

 
 
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The Saving of Gordon
 
The Saving of Gordon: Lifelines to W-I-N Against Cancer—The story of Gordon Aldrich’s battle with cancer, the book offers straight-forward, step-by-step advice that will give readers the tools they need to have a fighting chance against cancer.
The Cancer Patient WIN Book
  The Cancer Patient W-I-N Book: Our Cancer Fight Journal—A companion to The Saving of Gordon this useful workbook offers a place for you to document information about your treatment, write notes at visits, organize your thoughts and feelings, and much more.  
             
Hope I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson