2018 Paint paper pink

Page 74 2018 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2018 O n the third Tuesday of each month a group of lovely ladies get together for a time of sharing and supporting one another. It is a casual meeting, taking place at various restaurants in Lincoln. From the outside looking in, it appears that these are just a group of best girlfriends getting together to eat. But getting to know these ladies you will find that the bond they share is one of victory, one of survival, one of strength, courage, and sheer determination. These women are breast cancer survivors and make up the membership of the Logan County Breast Cancer Support Group. At some of the meetings, it is light hearted and friendly chit-chat throughout a good meal. At other meetings it gets a little more intense. It all depends on what one or more of the group may be going through at that given moment. According to Kathleen Brumbaugh it is a special sisterhood, and one that she relied on heavily when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. Kathleen explained that she was brought to the group by a good friend, Betty Burger, also a breast cancer survivor, and of course, a member of the support group. Kathleen was able to talk through her feelings with women who understood the situation she was facing. But there was more to it than that. Kathleen recalled that she attended meetings for a while, then when she was recovering from her surgery and undergoing treatment, she didn’t really feel like getting out to attend even a monthly meeting. She at one point contacted members of the group and told them she would be bowing out for a while, but she also invited them to come and visit her. She suggested that any time they felt like it, they were invited to stop by after their monthly meeting. Kathleen said to her surprise, they all showed up on the next third Tuesday, and not only did they come to visit, they brought supper. She said for quite a while after that it became the norm for the group to gather a potluck and show up at Kathleen’s home for their monthly meeting. It is something that she won’t ever forget, and that helped her see her way through to the other side when battling a cancer diagnosis that was very serious from the start. Logan County Breast Cancer Support Group offers love and friendship to all who need it CONTINUE ...