On Sunday, we watched the Patriots squeak by the Cowboys. Sam asked, “Are we rooting for the blue team or the pink team?” It’s that time of year again, and the Patriots were all decked out in their Breast Cancer Awareness finest. Y’all recall that I’m a breast cancer survivor?…
The Adventures of Ask Ann
Or, A Smarty Pants Guide to Surviving Just About Anything This is a transcript of a keynote I gave at PinkFling, an event benefiting The Women’s Initiative Supporting Health (WISH) Fund at Carroll Hospital Center. Good afternoon. My name is Ann Bevans and I am a breast cancer survivor. I…
Fatima’s Story
My name is Fatima Hassan Ali and I am 19 years old. […] My family fled the war in Somalia in 1993 and we arrived in a refugee camp in Kenya operated by UNHCR. I was too young to remember much about our journey, but my parents say it took…
Having your say
I don’t have a lot of patience for people who are slower than me. I pride myself on being hyper-efficient. I make decisions quickly. I put them into practice. Push, push, push. Not everyone shares that pace. Have you ever had the experience of just sort of knowing the right…