Laura Yeager

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Conz Preti |Laura Yeager |Henry Blodget

The author and her husband met thanks to her brother. Courtesy of the author 2025-04-06T21:12:02Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . My brother set me up with one of his coworkers. When I came back from the date, I woke up my mom and told her I had just met my husband.

1 month ago | curetoday.com | Laura Yeager

Things were going well. I’d just read my students’ midterm papers, and they were excellent – all As and Bs. My son was going to start college in two weeks. I was on spring break (ahh, time off). And I’d just found out that my brother’s lymphoma was slow-moving. I was on my way to pick up egg rolls for my mom and Mike, my brother. As I was driving to the Thai restaurant, Sirius radio started playing. I didn’t have a subscription to it, but they were giving me a free sample.

1 month ago | curetoday.com | Laura Yeager

Sometimes having cancer causes us to reach out to anyone who will listen. The first time I had breast cancer; I was a little lonely. I was working only two days a week as a writing teacher. My son was in school, and my husband was at work. I remember it was the dead of summer, and I just couldn’t stay in the house. It was a hot Ohio day, and I was restless, nervous about the cancer, about everything. I ventured out to our deserted cul-de-sac.

Dec 9, 2024 | curetoday.com | Laura Yeager

In the year of my first breast cancer, we wanted to have a commemorative photo done. It surely was a time to remember. We rarely write newsy Christmas letters during the holidays. I have a habit of simply buying Christmas cards and signing our names on them. I admire folks who compose long family stories, espousing a successful year of fun trips and great accomplishments such as graduations, births and new abodes. The reason I avoid these is because I don’t have the time, and I don’t like to brag.

Nov 29, 2024 | curetoday.com | Laura Yeager

I like to refer to myself as a “breast cancer veteran.” My 20-year-old son coined the term, and I feel it’s fitting. I’ve seen things that most don’t see, but I made it out alive, and I’m so thankful that I did. Lately this Thanksgiving, I choose to reflect on what I’m grateful for. Snow on pine leaves, cats running quickly across the street, my neighbors, my cul-de-sac, my home, my family. My husband of 27 years has stood with me through thick and thin.