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Top 5 Unique & Heartfelt Chemo Care Package Items (For Her)
Posted by Arona Martin onUndergoing chemotherapy is a difficult time for our women cancer fighters. As caregivers, we don't always know the right thing to say or what to give to support them. They also have their own struggles with managing symptoms and figuring what types of clothing to wear. Eye masks, lip balms,...
What to Give Someone with Cancer
Posted by Arona Martin onWhen the unimaginable happens, it’s often difficult to know what to do or say and how to let someone know how much we care. When my friend found out that her teenage daughter had a very rare and inoperable brain tumor, I knew that I wanted her to feel the...
8 Things I Didn’t Know About Chemo
Posted by Arona Martin onWhen I first decided on the idea of a monthly guest blogger for 2021 there were a few people I particularly had in mind. Lauren Lopriore from Liv & Let was one of them! As soon as she agreed to write for this month, I prayed she would also agree...
Love Is The Word For 2021
Posted by Arona Martin onI don’t know about you, but after the last year we’ve been through, I believe we ALL could use a little more love in our lives (cheers to a new year!). I’m sure you’ve heard of the “word of the year” trend where you choose a word to live by...
2 Personalized Chemotherapy Gift Ideas for Cancer Patients
Posted by Arona Martin on"I have cancer"…3 words we never want to hear from any of our loved ones. A waterfall of emotions and uncertainty soon follows. What do you say? What do you do? You want to be there for them and support them, but how? I've found myself in this position not...
The Cancer Patient Approved Gift Guide
Posted by Arona Martin onI have a love/hate relationship with being part of the cancer community. I love love love that I have met so many amazing women, but I hate that cancer is the thing that brought us together. As my new friend, Christine, recently wrote in a message to me “the cancer...
7 Ways to Be More Grateful During a Cancer Diagnosis
Posted by Arona Martin onI get it. It is so hard to be grateful when things in your life aren't unfolding like you thought. The death of a loved one, loss of a job, career, and especially a cancer diagnosis. Its hard to focus on the good, when it seems like there is so...
Practicing Self-Care: Filling Your Own Cup First
Posted by Arona Martin onSupporting a Loved One with Cancer
Posted by Arona Martin onHi Everyone! Arona Martin here, founder of Because Love. I was recently invited to share Because Love on the NBC Chicago local news station. It felt SO GOOD to share with others how to can easily, creatively, and thoughtfully show love and support to loved ones battling cancer. Watch and you will learn how...
Cancer Fashionista: My Favorite Things!
Posted by Arona Martin onGuest post by Melissa Berry of CancerFashionista.com I love making lists. Seriously I do. But nothing makes me happier than making a list of my favorite things! I was chatting with Arona and we thought it would be cool for me to share my faves for looking fab through breast cancer...