by Lisa Barreto | Jan 30, 2024 | Lisa Barreto, Uncategorized
Marilyn Martin appeared at a Ribbons of Life (“ROL”) breakfast (aka “Breast Fest”). In approaching her, she told me she couldn’t smile . She apologized while telling me that her teeth were rotting. Apologize?” I asked. “Congratulations for taking the first step....
by Lisa Barreto | Nov 15, 2023 | Lisa Barreto
With the physical death of pop culture phenomenon Suzanne Somers as a result of breast cancer; and with the physical death of famed singer and breast cancer advocate Olivia Newton John; and with the physical death of American Surgeon, author and prominent advocate of...
by Lisa Barreto | Jan 26, 2023 | Lisa Barreto
The news wasn’t good. “Olivia Newton-John has died.” I didn’t know what to feel. Her first breast cancer (“b.c.) diagnosis came in 1992. She had a recurrence in 2013. And another recurrence in 2017. At age 68, the cancer had spread to her bones and progressed to a...
by Lisa Barreto | Jan 26, 2023 | Lisa Barreto
Last October, I attended a Zentangle art conference in Niagara-On-the-Lake in Canada and also spent some quality time with our cousins who lived so close to where the conference was being held. Bob and I (and I hope our cousins) had a blast! Then, on the morning we...
by Lisa Barreto | Jul 4, 2022 | Lisa Barreto
Yesterday marked the three-year anniversary of our move to the seacoast of New Hampshire. That July 1st, I signed the papers and got the key. On July 2nd, Bob and Rocky arrived after their cross-country trip. And on July 3rd, we drove to our new home to see it before...
by Lisa Barreto | Oct 24, 2021 | Lisa Barreto
It’s hard for me to write about Suz in past tense. It seems strange that the very disease that she died from brought us together. Two years into my retirement after moving from Ventura to New Hampshire’s seacoast, I remember those meaningful moments...
by Lisa Barreto | Jul 1, 2021 | Lisa Barreto
July 1st marks the 2nd year since Bob and I purchased our New Hampshire home. 2019 certainly brought on a whirlwind of activities. Looking back, we shake our heads and say, “How did we do it?” Then comes the answer. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without our...
by Lisa Barreto | Feb 18, 2021 | Lisa Barreto, Uncategorized
In March of last year I mentioned how one can change or “bend” through a pandemic by finding new ways to connect in our present space. I said that while this pandemic may separate us physically, we are still connected. We still have our memories. Photographs....
by Lisa Barreto | Feb 18, 2021 | Lisa Barreto, Uncategorized
It happened suddenly. Last year on April 29, I was admitted to the emergency room at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire—a mere 12-minute ride from our home. No sooner was I greeted by masked workers and my temp taken at the front door, Bob was asked to wait in...
