“Thanks to feminism, women can now acquire status in two ways: through marriage or their own achievements. Cure cancer or marry the man who does, either way society will applaud. Unless he marries into the British royal family, it doesn't work that way for men. Wives shed no glory on their husbands. Having tea with Nancy Reagan is an honor; having tea with Denis Thatcher is a joke.” MenWayDoeTwoWifeFeminismHe ManHonorHusbandAchievementGloryJokesCancerBritishCuresThanksTeaAcquireShedRoyalTwo WaysNancyRoyal Family Author:Katha Pollitt
“Ladies gotta say no to their husbands at the movies. They gotta say: "No, we are watching back-to-back cancer movies. And then this movie about a cat."” HumorFunnyHusbandCatCancer Author:Tina Fey
“The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call my husband, and I could almost see the fear coming toward me like a big, black shadow.” BigsBlackHusbandShadowPhonesCancerMy HusbandHospitalsCorridors Author:Geraldine Brooks
“We try to bargain with God...I will follow you but don't touch my children, or my husband, don't give me cancer...We are afraid our surrender to God will unleash evil. But evil will come, because evil will come. We live in a broken world.” WorldGivingTryingChildrenEvilBrokenHusbandGive MeCancerSurrenderGods WillMy ChildrenMy HusbandBargainsSurrender To GodBroken World Author:Kay Warren
“As a mother, anything to do with my children, whether it's supporting their school or programs that support their education and enrichment. As a wife, anything that my husband is passionate about and helps to support. As a community member, anything that supports the Vail Valley, the place that I call home. As a friend of the founder and true believer in their mission, an organization called First Descents. They provide adventure camps to young adults and adults with cancer or who have survived cancer.” FirstsChildrenHelpingHomeSchoolYoungMotherCommunitySupportWifeAdventureHusbandMembersAdultsProgramOrganizationYoung AdultPassionateCancerMissionsBelieverMy ChildrenMy HusbandCampsValleysFoundersSurvivedDescentTrue BelieverEnrichment Author:Trista Sutter
“Around 1998, I went through lots of pressures and struggles. My children got married within eight months of each other, my son was diagnosed with cancer and went through major surgery and radiation, my mother had five life-threatening hospitalizations where I stayed with her, my husband's dental office burned to the ground.” ChildrenMotherStruggleFiveSonMonthsHusbandOfficeMarriedMajorsPressureCancerEightMy ChildrenMy HusbandMy SonRadiationBurnedSurgeryThreateningDental Author:Anne Graham Lotz