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Abby Margolis Newman

About Abby Margolis Newman

Abby Margolis Newman, whose blog, "Un/lucky," can be found at abbymargolisnewman.blogspot.com, has been a freelance writer for almost 20 years, and is now lending her talent to ModernMom. She has written for The New York Times, Parenting, Working Mother, and Scholastic, among many other publications. Her earlier career incarnations include working as a film producer and as a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood and PBS. But in reality, she has spent the vast majority of her time over the last 18 years mothering three boys. She lives in Mill Valley, California. Follow her on Twitter @newmaniacs

Chapter 3: How Do You Tell Your Kids That You Have Cancer?

October 9, 2014 by Abby Margolis Newman Leave a Comment

To start at the beginning, read  Chapter 1: Abby's Crap News - AKA My "Journey" With Cancer My husband, Chris, and I were struggling with how to tell our three boys - Jonah, age 19, Aaron, 17, and Henry, 13 - that I have breast cancer and needed surgery. We thought it was important for them to know, of course, yet we didn't want to unnecessarily frighten them or freak … [Read more...] about Chapter 3: How Do You Tell Your Kids That You Have Cancer?

Chapter 2: Five Stages of Whatever

October 7, 2014 by Abby Margolis Newman Leave a Comment

To start at the beginning, read  Chapter 1: Abby's Crap News - AKA My "Journey" With Cancer OK, so I definitely have breast cancer. No more loopholes, no more undone tests or incomplete test results. The MRI, thankfully, showed no cancer on the left side. And the pathology reports from the biopsy were, all things considered, positive. As I wrote in a group email to … [Read more...] about Chapter 2: Five Stages of Whatever

Chapter 1: Abby’s Crap News – AKA My “Journey” With Cancer

October 4, 2014 by Abby Margolis Newman Leave a Comment

Remembering Before I Forget: The Beginning I have breast cancer. I found this out when my husband Chris felt a lump in my breast (thank God, thank God, I have a husband who still touches my breasts - otherwise who knows when I would have found it? I admit, red-facedly, that I do not do regular "self breast exams" as all we women have been instructed to do. I simply relied … [Read more...] about Chapter 1: Abby’s Crap News – AKA My “Journey” With Cancer

How Young is Too Young for Facebook?

April 21, 2014 by Abby Margolis Newman Leave a Comment

How young is too young for Facebook?  I’ve been thinking about this question because my youngest son, Henry (age 12) asked about getting a Facebook page. Henry has two older brothers (ages 16 and 17) who are both on Facebook, but I am not inclined to let Henry participate until high school. So I read with great interest a piece in the New York Times Magazine, which started … [Read more...] about How Young is Too Young for Facebook?

Chapter 5: Hair Loss – Breast Cancer

February 12, 2013 by Abby Margolis Newman Leave a Comment

To start at the beginning, read Chapter 1: Abby's Crap News - AKA My "Journey" With Cancer When it comes to losing one's hair, there is a huge difference between theoretical and actual - and this may sound totally sexist, but I think it's much worse if you're a woman. (Except maybe if you're Ozzy Osbourne or Russell Brand.) Chemotherapy = hair loss. We all know this, … [Read more...] about Chapter 5: Hair Loss – Breast Cancer

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