BRITEN DOUGLAS – 2019 COURAGE TO SHINE™ Lisha Martinez & Adam Young Award Recipient My name is Briten Douglas and I was born on October 27th in 1986 with bladder exstrophy. That makes me 32 years old! I say that very proudly because that also makes me a survivor for 32 years of a birth defect that has…
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Erin Kavanagh – Being Secure & Sure of Oneself is a Beautiful Thing
Note: “Being Secure & Sure of Oneself is a Beautiful Thing” originally appeared in Ostomy Canada Magazine in the Winter 2015 Issue on pages 52-53, 56. It is used under permission from Ostomy Canada Magazine which is the official magazine of Ostomy Canada. Being Secure & Sure of Oneself is a Beautiful Thing By Erin Kavanagh I…
Joanna Burgess–Joy’s Way–A Journey of Survival, Hope and Inspiration – Reposted June 9 2012
Editor’s Note: In honor of Joanna Burgess being honored tonight (June 9, 2012) in Charlotte, North Carolina as this year’s Great Comebacks® National Award recipient, we at Courage to Shine would like to re-post her original story “Joy’s Way – A Journey of Survival, Hope and Inspiration” Originally Published on March 24, 2012: Courage to Shine™ is honored to present the original story of…
Joanna Burgess – Joy’s Way – A Journey of Survival, Hope and Inspiration
Editor’s Note: Courage to Shine™ is honored to present the original story of Joanna Burgess’s amazing and inspirational life. Joanna originally submitted the following story to be published in a major national magazine, but the magazine elected not to publish it, however their loss is Courage to Shine’s gain. Joanna Burgess is a nurse, a cancer survivor, a wife and…
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