Catherine Gigante-Brown

"I was afraid this thing was going to do me in. But I took a deep breath and decided very early on that I would face cancer on my own terms."

The Ultimate Counter Culture Diva

I realized my father was from a generation that never said those three little words. He was saying he loved me without them. But I didn't realize it then.

All bets were off after 9/11. In a twisted way, it proved to me that worry was fruitless. No one ever saw the terrorist attacks coming.

Why do we venerate individuality in adults but condemn it in children?

After I got over the initial devastation, I pulled myself up by my big-girl panties and got on with it. Chemo was no picnic—but it was do-able.

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) has been around for at least five centuries –– there’s got to be something to it.

The heartbreaking saga of a 14-year-old Black prostitute who was murdered in cold blood by her (maybe) pimp on Christmas Eve in 1900 Savannah.

My husband and I agreed: raising a child with an independent spirit who made decisions for himself was a good thing.

Upset you lost your keys? Try losing your breast. Pissed off about missing that train? Try missing your son’s 8th grade graduation because of a horrific infection from fluid buildup in the previously-mentioned missing breast. See what I mean? It kind of puts life into perspective.