tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21950349610789282382023-11-16T01:06:47.441-05:00Kick Cancer CardsCancer support for women. Cards. Humor. Sassitude. Support. Created by a breast cancer survivor.Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-30468175058427268492016-08-16T23:44:00.000-04:002016-08-16T23:44:00.247-04:00i + 1<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Teachers of world (<i>foreign</i>) languages are well-aware of Stephen Krashen's <a href="http://www.sk.com.br/sk-krash.html" target="_blank">theory</a> of second language acquisition. His Input hypothesis talks about <span style="color: red;"><b>"i + 1"</b></span>, in which the learners should receive language input that is one step above (+1) their current ability (i).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I like to think of this "i + 1" hypothesis as a life philosophy, too. If we take wherever we are currently ( our "i"), and try to improve it by "+1", we'll constantly be growing. Trying to find ways to bump our lives up a level, especially when we start to feel like we're on auto pilot, will keep life challenging and interesting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Think about your job, your personal life, your home life, or whatever. Don't stay on cruise control. Keep looking for your own "i + 1" opportunities! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Pema Ch<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ö</span>dr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ö</span>n: "This very moment is the perfect teacher."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">quote by Pema c<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an be </span>hard to accept<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> sometimes.</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Like w</span>hen <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"this very moment" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">means <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the death of someone you love; or <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the</span> di<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gnosis of a terminal illness; or finding out your child has a disability<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">; o</span>r financial struggles.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Does every<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> event</span> have to teach you somet<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hing? Does there always ha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ve to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">be a les<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">son in times of difficulty<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">? I don't think so. Sometimes <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"this moment" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>is</i> a less<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on. But other time<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s, </span></span></span></span>a duck is just a duck.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">This is how I feel about cancer. All. The. Time. <a href="http://www.kickcancercards.com/collections/sassitude" target="_blank">Click here</a> if you know</span></h2>
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Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-75639270550631098112016-04-07T08:58:00.000-04:002016-04-07T08:58:00.168-04:00Your Gift<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I loooove this quote by Steve Harvey!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Your Gift: the thing you do the absolute best with the least amount of effort.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For me, that's teaching. 25 years of teaching French and there wasn't one day that I didn't absolutely love what I was doing. Sure, there were ups and downs, tons of work, hours of grading. But not once did I ever wish I wasn't a teacher. Not once.</span>Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-49016766215661679162016-04-05T09:07:00.000-04:002016-04-05T09:07:04.486-04:00Happy Birthday<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today would have been my brother Dave's 54th birthday. Except he never made it past 51. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love you, Dave. Miss you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When life seems too challenging, you just need a go-to motivator. Pema Ch<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ö</span>dr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ö</span>n is that person for me. I have a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/kickcancercards/" target="_blank">Pinterest board</a> where I keep some of my favorite Ch<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ö</span>dr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ö</span>n-isms. Pema nails it every time! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">When someone is diagnosed with cancer, her friends often don't know what to do or say. I can't speak for every cancer patient because every diagnosis and every personality is different. But these are some possible ways that you can help your friend if you find out she has cancer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">1. Don't say, "Call me if you need anything" because she probably won't. Either she won't want to impose, isn't comfortable asking for help, or won't remember who offered. "What do you need help with right now?" might work better.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 6. Send her a card or call every time she has a chemo treatment. Even if she's had several treatments, it never becomes easier.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 7. Cancer treatment is a long process, taking months, even years, to go through. Let her know that you're thinking about her the whole time she's going through it. Whereas the treatment may seem routine after awhile and the shock of it is over for you, for your friend it never becomes routine and is draining emotionally.</span><br />
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Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-53949341286831868992016-02-23T19:10:00.000-05:002016-02-23T19:10:12.596-05:00Now What?<span style="color: #000099; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">I've spoken with a lot of women who have gone through breast cancer and how they feel after treatment is over. There are common themes. Like, the relief that treatment is over, but the ensuing fear that now there is nothing in their body to prevent the cancer from coming back. At least when you're getting chemo or radiation you're actively fighting the cancer. But then treatment ends and all you're left with is waiting to see if your cancer will come back.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">My friend and I call this the cancer monkey. It is always sitting there on your back and it's hard to ignore. I suppose one day that darn monkey goes away but how long does it take?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">The other thing that comes up for a lot of women is that once they finish their treatment, especially chemo, people figure they are "done" with cancer and everything goes back to normal. Like, once your friends see that you have hair again, you are fine and don't need any more support. Maybe things are normal again for others but it is never normal again for someone who has gone through cancer. You go through something so huge and life-threatening, you successfully beat it--you can't just go back to the way things were before. I don't know if you necessarily try to find a "reason" that you were given cancer, but you feel like after going through something that big your life has to change in some way. Otherwise, what was the point of going through it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">And the support drops off at maybe the point where you need it the most (except for that initial, horrible time when you are first diagnosed). I met a woman who was struggling with this. Her treatment had ended several months earlier, her hair was back, she was back at her old job and her husband and friends were glad that everything was back the way it used to be. Except for her. She wasn't thrilled with her job before cancer, but now hated it and felt trapped. She didn't know what she wanted to do, but felt that she had to make some major change in her life after going through cancer. She couldn't go back to the way things were, even though her life before was fine. She said that for the first time she felt like she needed a cancer support group because no one else could understand what she was going through. And no one was checking on her on a regular basis to see how she was doing like they did when she was in treatment. Everyone assumed life was great for her because she had beaten cancer--what more could she ask for?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At the time I met this woman I was just starting treatment. I couldn't offer her any advice as I hadn't been there yet, but I could completely understand what she was feeling. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Cancer doesn't just affect you. It also affects everyone who loves you. Please don't wait until it is too late. Because then...it is too late. Please.</span>Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-81152759738719243822016-02-09T19:14:00.002-05:002016-02-09T20:38:38.600-05:00Cancer Cards for Women<span style="color: #333399; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">10% of every sale is donated to the American Cancer Society and Wigs for Kids.</span></span>
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Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-43771065269582464392014-01-27T18:29:00.000-05:002016-02-09T19:22:06.134-05:00Funny Cancer Greeting Cards<div>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Check out <a href="http://stay-positive-greetings.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">Kick Cancer Cards</a> from Stay Positive Greetings. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333399; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">My website has supportive, funny and sassy cancer greeting cards for women with breast cancer or other types of cancer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">And remember, 10% of every sale is donated to the American Cancer Society and Wigs for Kids.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">If you're a woman with cancer or a survivor, please accept my good wishes for continued strength and good health!</span></div>
Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-30128929350004904842014-01-06T14:11:00.000-05:002014-02-25T11:23:21.443-05:00Cancer Humor<a href="http://staypositivegreetings.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_5&products_id=16"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPVTlQujMnK9Bdi4RmWdWA-7omshwnHBSgkb5FC4Y26HjlDnUp3FX9ksBX4UgOS3piXtxrk7ZTn545_tDUAr98NAyBcCxqEadOa0yxRQ1YB76dFB85JR5s97M6uzqSjjJW5LLJlYAN2tU/s200/501_webstore.gif" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316447813248898162" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 143px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: trebuchet ms;">"Ma'am, you're allowed to wear that on the plane."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This is one of my favorite <a href="http://stay-positive-greetings.myshopify.com/collections/mastectomy-and-reconstruction-cards" target="_blank">cancer cards</a>. It shows a woman going through airport security and she has taken out her gel-filled breast prosthesis and put it in a one quart baggie to comply with the rule about putting liquids and gels in a see-through bag. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">If you know a woman who is fighting cancer right now, check out the funny cancer cards at <a href="http://www.staypositivegreetings.com/" target="_blank">Stay Positive Greetings</a>. Cancer is nothing to laugh about, but there are some funny things that happen during treatment. A funny greeting card can make her treatment a little easier.</span></div>
Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-61507231892699841262013-12-30T14:42:00.000-05:002014-02-25T11:24:19.732-05:00Diagnosed with...<span style="color: #000099; font-family: trebuchet ms;">"Diagnosed with". Are there two worse words in the English language? "Diagnosed with" is never followed by anything good. Cancer. Autism. A brain tumor. Diabetes. Heart disease. The list goes on and on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Just once, I'd love to see "diagnosed with" followed by something happy. Like, "You've been diagnosed with having too much money" or "You've been diagnosed with being too beautiful."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Never gonna happen.</span>Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-65461260864855236412013-12-18T08:51:00.000-05:002014-02-25T11:33:34.916-05:00Breast Cancer Survivor<a href="http://staypositivegreetings.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=24"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIo35QN1BBKz7E2k2jUfPxbBzt_EM2Lpj2MjJJKb1p9ZrkL_Y3PqCnqKgUI378eMFIkhWP8YNXtlrKsvSzkLNi0uBlGl6TaQRB-vWuABhqup0MWpis2IGA0vQqc2BmPTIk9vAFEdcy8m4/s200/103_webstore.gif" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281127750928540114" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 143px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: trebuchet ms;">It was 6 years ago that I finished my chemo treatment. 18 looonnngg months of A/C, taxol and herceptin. When I walked out of the oncologist office for the last time I bawled. Then I called my husband and said, "I am officially a cancer survivor!". Then I bawled some more. This <a href="http://staypositivegreetings.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=24">card </a>was made in honor of that moment, when treatment is officially over. If you've ever gone through it you know what I'm talking about.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">CONGRATS to all the Official Survivors out there!!</span></div>
Kathy DiPofi Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998039185728757420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195034961078928238.post-45444131854398357322013-12-16T22:02:00.000-05:002014-02-25T11:27:05.662-05:00Funny Breast Cancer Cards<a href="http://staypositivegreetings.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_3&products_id=3"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSarsqMAyBQA_KYDibplj_7vN6y78fiX_ChdtSK95hcXdAGwqIzBnnsbCLCS1X8oo4aOZqbn-C-KLEjV6SeyCoW6s6_xz7OVuRIyZbcbFIDgwHNefHfFUA-C6os8KMFHcz001s4VS5wmZN/s200/tequila.gif" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270198926445323666" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 143px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: trebuchet ms;">"Can you add some tequila to that?". This is my number one, best seller greeting card. It's a woman, aka, ME, getting chemo and asking the nurse to add some tequila to the IV bag. (<a href="http://stay-positive-greetings.myshopify.com/collections/hair-loss-cards" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a larger pic.) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My first day of chemo I had no idea what to expect. I wasn't even sure how chemo worked. When I walked in and they hooked me up to an IV bag, I said to the nurse, "There better be tequila in there!". She laughed and so did everyone around me. No tequila, but, ha ha, the chemo pretty much gave me the same result as drinking too much tequila. Bowed to the porcelain god for two days afterwards. </span></div>
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