Laura’s Story: One day after a shower in 2022, I noticed a puckering in my breast and felt a lump. Breast cancer! I thought. I immediately emailed my primary physician to schedule a mammogram. I’m not a “what-if” kind of person. I tend to deal with facts and...
Lettie’s Story: Even though I had been offered a partnership in my law firm, I was considering other job possibilities as if I were a person surveying a chess board for the smartest move. Surely the large ad in the Washington Post for a job paying over $125,000...
Kate’s Story: When I was in my late teens, I was diagnosed with a rare condition called a venous malformation behind my right eye. My condition resulted in chronic pain and swelling. Though non-cancerous, venous malformations grow over time, ballooning...
A Sneak Peak into this Episode Guest Kate shares her story on this episode of Unexpected Turns. Singing was Kate’s identity and her solace in loss. But then her voice failed. She graduated with her doctorate in vocal performance—with no voice. She cried...
Emma’s Story: “I’m not in love with you,” my boyfriend said after over a year of dating. His words and the breakup that followed caused the world to shift under my feet. I could suddenly identify with Charlotte in Pride and Prejudice, twenty-something and...
