Living with openness and shedding emotional skin
Native Baytonian Justa Lanie Garrett, a Baytown writer and stay at home mom, shares a personal reflection on emotional shedding. She describes ecdysis as growth, crying as healing, and the aim to live with openness after a painful birth and loss, inviting others to release their past.
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Woman moves to Mont Belvieu to continue breast cancer fight
Victoria Walsh moved from Georgia to Mont Belvieu with her daughter Jennifer Walsh after a Stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis in 2013. At 63 she endured six months of aggressive chemotherapy, shaved her head, and faced explaining the illness to her grandchildren while battling fear and uncertainty.
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Cherokee Princess of Chambers County Saga of Survival and Roots
Cynthia Maynard, a Lee College honors student from Cherokee, studied Sarah Ridge Paschal Pix, a Cherokee woman born on a plantation who befriended Sam Houston. The tale covers Major Ridge’s move to Indian Territory, the split with Chief John Ross, and the Cherokee removal as they faced loss of homeland and resettlement.
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Woman's breast cancer journey at Houston Methodist San Jacinto
Karen Tijerina, a 22 year employee at Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital, was diagnosed with breast cancer after an Aug 24 routine mammogram. She shares her emotional response, the path of treatment, and a message of solidarity to others facing the journey, urging encouragement for patients and families.
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