Menomonee Falls included a climbing wall in its Relay for Life activities this year and my niece, Miss Erin "Spidey-Legs" Utley, jumped right on. The wall acted as an amusing activity and an appropriate metaphor for everyone circling past it. Cancer and the drive to cure it remains an uphill climb, but, step by careful [...]
This year, we ran the 35th annual Sole Burner 5k in gratitude for sunny days, bouncy shoes, rolling hills and sweet family members. Mostly, though, we ran in thanksgiving for the amazing strides events like this have brought. Thank you to the American Cancer Society for every dollar it directs to the prevention and treatment [...]
Tit. Boob. Knocker. Bosom. Cleavage. Jug. Hooter. According to a song on Urban Dictionary, there are 99 ways to say breast, most of which make us blush. We're pretty much a "chest" family around here as in, "Be careful how you sit in that shirt. Your (then we whisper this word) chest is showing." I [...]
Thanks to a creative group of high school planners, a bunch of game teammates and a resilient captain, our second Relay for Life turned out to be the laughter lap. Green-shirted teen-aged volunteers flitted all over Menomonee Falls High School, undaunted by threatening storms. They wisely voted to move the event indoors and never missed [...]
We have applauded my sister Kathy through an impressive assortment of milestones, including bride, birthday girl and Wisconsin Teacher of the Year. On Friday, we watched her pull on a purple T-shirt and step to the podium to acknowledge the achievement that gives us the most pride: survivor. Asked to speak as the honorary survivor [...]