October 14, 2018 All In with Pauline Hawkins Amy Jenkins was part of the New Hampshire Film Festival 2018 and screened her documentary Instructions On Parting: Over the course of one tumultuous year, Artist and Director Amy Jenkins confronts the cancer diagnoses of her mother, sister, and brother, and also welcomes her first childContinue reading “Instructions on Parting with Amy Jenkins”
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The Burnt Sunset with Chris Ledoux
June 24, 2018 All In with Pauline Hawkins Chris Ledoux is a Portsmouth resident, an engineer, owner of Seascape Landscape, and now, a published author. The Burnt Sunset was just released June 21 and is a post-apocalyptic novel, featuring Chris’s sketches and lyrics. Chris talks about an accident that changed his life, his son’s boutContinue reading “The Burnt Sunset with Chris Ledoux”
Childhood Cancer with Libby Giordano
December 12, 2017 All In with Pauline Hawkins Libby Giordano joins me in the studio to talk about our unusual connection: Both our sons had cancerous brain tumors. We talk about how we found out about the tumor, how we helped our sons, the wonderful way the community helped us make it through the mostContinue reading “Childhood Cancer with Libby Giordano”
Healthy Choices: Essential Oils
I’m happy to announce that I have joined doTERRA Essential Oils as a wellness advocate. I was introduced to doTerra by a friend who has been using essential oils for years now. In the past she has given me oils for stress/anxiety, stomach aches, fever and body aches, and they have worked every time. AtContinue reading “Healthy Choices: Essential Oils”
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Relay for Life: A Survivor’s Story
It’s been five years since Ian was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor: Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Brain. It was rare, one in a hundred million; the tumor had sprouted tentacles, and we didn’t know for sure if we had found it before it had spread; there was no protocol for treatment; there was noContinue reading “Relay for Life: A Survivor’s Story”
You can judge me if you want to
You can judge me if you want to, but before you do, know that I primarily stayed in my marriage because of my son. Ian has been through so much in his nine years: He battled a cancerous brain tumor at four-years-old with his father right by his side, giving Ian the strength and courage toContinue reading “You can judge me if you want to”
How Heroes Are Made
Last night, Ian told me he’s getting picked on by kids at school. Ian told one friend that he’s going to be Spiderman someday, and that friend told other kids. Those kids now pick on him and tell him that he’s not going to be Spiderman. Ian was angry and sad that people didn’t believeContinue reading “How Heroes Are Made”
Special in Every Way
“I think we need to put Ian in special education.” Ian’s teacher was saying something about the anomalies in his learning abilities, but my breath caught in my throat, and I only pieced together what I heard after “special education.”
Do you remember when you were my only friend?
Ian and I were on our way to play miniature golf last night, and he asked me this innocent question: “Mom, do you remember when you were my only friend?” “What do you mean, buddy?”
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