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ScART: SCAR ART PAINTING PROGRAM https://www.scartevents.com/ A healing arts program designed to help women find strength in their emotional or surgical scars

STORY CRAFTING PROGRAM: Winning idea of the 2020 Astella's International C3Prize.
https://www.younightevents.com/

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ScART: SCAR ART PAINTING PROGRAM (www.scartevents.com) A healing arts program designed to help women find strength in their emotional or surgical scars

STORY CRAFTING PROGRAM: Winning idea of the 2020 Astella's International C3Prize. www.younightevents.com

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In 2022, Cheryl Walsh was diagnosed with breast cancer after five years of unimaginable loss — losing her farm, her income, her stability, and nearly her husband. Just as she began treatment, she lost her sister-in-law to cancer too. But through it all, Cheryl found strength she didn’t know she had. With the support of the Gloria Gemma Foundation, the SheRoes program, and the powerful sisterhood she discovered, Cheryl began to rise from the ashes — like the phoenix she now calls her symbol.

This is a story of survival, grief, healing, and rediscovering purpose. If you’re facing cancer, caring for a loved one, or navigating life after trauma, Cheryl’s journey is a powerful reminder: even when life burns you to the ground, you can rise again.

ScART: SCAR ART PAINTING PROGRAM (www.scartevents.com) A healing arts program designed to help women find strength in their emotional or surgical scars
STORY CRAFTING PROGRAM: Winning idea of the 2020 Astella's International C3Prize.
www.younightevents.com

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"In May of 2023, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma in my right breast. After losing both my parents and my husband, I thought I'd faced my share of grief—but cancer brought a new challenge. With the strength of my children, my support system, and the incredible women in the SheRoes program, I made it through. This is my story of unexpected friendship, healing, and the resilience that carried me through. If you're facing cancer or supporting someone who is, know this: you're stronger than you think, and you're never alone.”

ScART: SCAR ART PAINTING PROGRAM: https://www.scartevents.com/
A healing arts program designed to help women find strength in their emotional or surgical scars

STORY CRAFTING PROGRAM: Winning idea of the 2020 Astella's International C3Prize.
https://www.younightevents.com/

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"At 51, I was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer—one tumor was aggressive triple-negative, the other estrogen-positive. My journey was filled with challenges, but 18 years later, I stand here cancer-free. This is my story of faith, resilience, and the people who supported me along the way. If you're battling cancer or know someone who is, know that hope is real, and you're not alone."

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Here's an excerpt from Kristine's story:

"In December 2022, another massive tsunami came, knocking everything down in its path. Here comes cancer and all the feelings you don’t want to have at 40. Feelings of scared, nervousness, the unknown, sadness and trauma barreling at her full speed. Pain is what crashed into her first and she tried to swim. White caps started to appear at every angle and there was no way to swim around them; there were scans, biopsies, chemo that left her with feelings of anger, hopelessness and made her tired and weak. She pushed past using support and wisdom from her fans. Months and months of swimming around the dangerous white caps and next came the bi-lateral mastectomy and exchange surgery. While learning how to stay above the water with one storm at a time, the boat filled with love and support stayed right by her side.

Her husband as the captain and her 15-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son as the co-captains. They were ready to give her the support that she needed but when she could not love herself, it was hard to let anyone close. The wave of ugly and embarrassment crashed over with every “you look great” whisper in the wind. She was fighting not just on the outside where they could physically see, but on the inside where her thoughts were on repeat.

One day, test results came floating by with positive news that she was free of cancer. She yelled for the lifeboat and she quickly pulled her tired body out of the water. With time to rest, she rode the lifeboat past the rocks and back into the calmness of the ocean. While focusing on her breath, she made her way to the sand where hope, love and support were waiting with open arms."

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In this interview and story, Joy shares how You Night's Story Crafting program helped her break free from the mental gymnastics she was having over the subject matter of friendships that end with betrayal. We've all been there...where relationships that we form can unexpectedly turn into negative experiences, often leading us to scratch our heads as to what went wrong. Joy talks about how that can feel like the sting of a bee when that happens, but shares that the bee stings have resulted in more of a butterfly effect where those stings forced her to grow, and like a butterfly, spread her wings and fly.

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Still I Rise features stories from You Night's STORY CRAFTING COMMUNITY. To read additional stories, visit our Facebook page:

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