Remembering our amazing Christine ~ web site founder

[mamacze]

Thank you StephN for starting this thread.

I was warmly embraced by Christine's enthusiasm when I attended an ASCO meeting in Atlanta with Christine, Joe...I remember that Becky was there too. We handed out the stress relieving brains and Christine had us reach out to all the doctors passing by to remind them of the need to scan for brain mets.

Christine and Joe were warm and welcoming to this relatively newly diagnosed Her2 gal with mets. I felt empowered after hearing Christine's amazing story. I felt even more empowered hearing the results of research that year.

I later had the joy of meeting Christine and Joe for dinner at a restaurant by the sea near Carlsbad. We had a few glasses of wine and lots of laughs. Who could even think of "mets" on a beautiful breezy warm night by the sea? We talked about life, and our love for our children. Oh how she loved her girls.

Yes, we are all more empowered and see the possibilities in the impossible thanks to Christine. How privileged I feel to be able to keep passing it forward.
Love Kim (from CT)

[StephN]

Joe sent me an article about Christine from Vision Magazine in 2004. I did not find it, but found a link to a very complete article with Christine's story on another breast cancer website.
http://www.youngsurvival.org/breast-...iagnosed-at-40

It is well worth the time to take a look. and tells of the family move from New Jersey to San Diego area. An internet search will bring up several other mentions of Christine.

A sad point in the above story concerns Christine's promise to her dying mother that she would live to 75 and beyond. Christine mentioned this more than once and I am sorry she had to break that promise, but I am sure her mother understands and greeted her with wide open arms.