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As 2009’s ‘Season of Cheer ‘ arrives on the heels of a year that has brought so much hardship to so many people, I admit that I have been struggling to get into a holiday frame of mind. I once heard a piece of advice that I never forgot - that the best cure for boosting your spirits is by helping someone else. Those words are ringing true more than ever for me. Throughout the course of the year, I am blessed by the notes and letters of gratitude that so many women take the time to send me. Recently 4Women.com concluded its first ... Read Full Story

As 2009’s ‘Season of Cheer ‘ arrives on the heels of a year that has brought so much hardship to so many people, I admit that I have been struggling to get into a holiday frame of mind. I once heard a piece of advice that I never forgot - that the best cure for boosting your spirits is by helping someone else. Those words are ringing true more than ever for me. Throughout the course of the year, I am blessed by the notes and letters of gratitude that so many women take the time to send me. Recently 4Women.com concluded its first ... Read Full Story

What do 4women.com and 4 “not very fit, crazy women in their 40’s” who are planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro have in common? All are the creative outcomes of women touched by breast cancer, who as a result of their experiences want to do something on behalf of other women. Meet “Team Attitude at Altitude,” - D eb Hunt, Annemarie Smith, Helen Taylor, and Audra Selley . Their goal is to complete a 9-day trek up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise 20,000 pounds for th eUK-based charity, Breakthrough Breast cancer . On April 1st, 2008, Deb was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. She underwent ... Read Full Story

What do 4women.com and 4 “not very fit, crazy women in their 40’s” who are planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro have in common?  All are the creative outcomes of women touched by breast cancer, who as a result of their experiences want to do something on behalf of other women.  Meet “Team Attitude at Altitude,” - D eb Hunt, Annemarie Smith, Helen Taylor, and Audra Selley . Their goal is to complete a 9-day trek up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise 20,000 pounds for th eUK-based charity, Breakthrough Breast cancer .  On April 1st, 2008, Deb was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer.  She underwent ... Read Full Story

Up until Sunday I had never heard of Waukegan, IL nor did I imagine that I would be participating in a triathlon in one of the coldest days of the summer!  My son decided to do his first triathlon and asked if I wanted to join him.  Not being a swimmer, I corralled my sister into doing the swim and my daughter in -law into doing the run -I was the biker - Team BeauBeau!  Up until the weekend of the event, the weather in Chicago had been warm and summerlike however this past weekend, the weather prediction was for “unseasonably cold”.  After residing ... Read Full Story