| Most everyone has an inspirational person
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| | group of support and education for women
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| in their life.A teacher, a relative or
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| | who have, or have had breast cancer,
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| mentor that helps to give direction to us
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| | offers weekend retreats to help promote
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| as we fumble and negotiate our perilous
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| | healing both physically and mentally
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| way through life.For me, that person was
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| | while learning the sport of fly fishing.
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| my sister Esther.Truth be told, she was
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| | The retreats are held in natural settings
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| more like a mother to me. Making sure
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| | and offer counseling, stress relief, as
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| that her little brother who romped
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| | well as the gentle excercise that fly
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| through life with little direction, and
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| | fishing offers.Casting For Recovery
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| even fewer rules, had some form of caring
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| | offers these retreats at no cost to
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| discipline to keep him from straying to
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| | participants. They provide lodging,meals
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| far from an honest life.Some may argue
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| | and instruction. They have volunteer
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| that my being a fisherman and writer
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| | physical therapists, psychotherapists,and
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| would make her a complete failure in her
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| | professional fly fishing instructors on
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| attempts to achieve that goal, but they
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| | staff. Most of all, they offer dignity
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| would be wrong in expressing that
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| | and hope.If you are a true fisherman or
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| notion.Cancer is a terrible thing.It took
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| | fisherwoman, then you can certainly
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| my sister from this earth at the age of
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| | understand the value of using any form of
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| 26. Breast cancer to be exact.I was 18 at
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| | fishing as therapy,and it is great to see
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| the time, and you just might as well have
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| | a program like this exist to help women
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| reached into my chest and tore my heart
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| | get back onto the road of recovery.What
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| out.Cancer at any age is scary, but to be
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| | can you do?Go to GIVE.If you have ever
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| told at age 24 that your life is in peril
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| | had or known a family member or friend
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| can be devastating. My sister handled it
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| | who has gone through breast cancer, you
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| with the most dignity, courage and
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| | will know the trauma and fear that comes
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| strength that I have ever witnessed. By
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| | with it- for all involved. But obviously,
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| the time chemotherapy, breast and lymph
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| | for the victim itself it is life changing
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| node removal,and the spreading to her
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| | at best, and devastating at worst.I know
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| bones had taken it's toll on her, she
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| | it altered my life. Almost everything
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| looked like an eighty year old women-yet
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| | major I do in my life, still comes from
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| her smile never left her soul and she
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| | my sister's influence. Even my living in
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| still only thought of others first. Right
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| | Oregon was influenced by a final trip we
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| up to the planning of her own
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| | made together just before she died. Even
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| funeral.Didn't want anyone else to have
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| | her last months were spent giving me
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| to go through that trouble.Esther was a
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| | proper direction.In many ways I feel that
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| teacher by trade, and a Saint by virtue.
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| | I am living two lives.One for myself-and
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| She graduated Magna Cum Laude from
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| | one that was never realized.I recently
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| college, loved children, yet never
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| | finished my first book, The Fish Wrap,
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| realized that joy,having found out about
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| | which is about the furthest thing I or
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| the cancer just prior to trying for her
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| | anybody would have ever thought would
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| first child.She never missed a birthday
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| | come from my hands. By no stretch of the
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| or holiday celebration. Esther loved
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| | imagination would I even consider myself
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| life, was intelligent, responsible,
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| | a professional writer, but the book was
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| overly caring, and generous.Pretty much
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| | done as a fun project and it was done to
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| everything I wasn't.Breast cancer
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| | honor my sister's inspiration and is
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| diagnosis and treatment was still in it's
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| | dedicated to her memory.Also, as a
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| infancy back in 1974. In fact, at first
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| | dedication to her memory, I am going to
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| they told her to go home and not worry
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| | give half the proceeds from the book to
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| about it, that it probably was just some
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| | Casting For Recovery so that others can
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| fatty cysts.They couldn't have been more
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| | do what Esther never got a chance to
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| wrong.What does this have to do with
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| | do.Recover.Please give to Casting For
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| fishing? What does this have to do with a
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| | Recovery.A.J. Klott is a writer of
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| fishing blog?Everything.An organization
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| | fishing stories and the people that
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| called Casting For Recovery, a non-profit
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| | surround the fishing world.
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