Trish Siefer, walking in memory of her sister-in-law, Wendy Nicholson Bailey (2016.) Trish, Marnie, Sis and Susannah will be walking in honor of our dear sister-in-law, daughter, cousin and best friend, Wendy Nicholson Bailey.    Wendy passed away on August 22, 2016 at the age of 47 after a courageous three and a half year battle with triple negative breast cancer.   Wendy was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in January 2013.  Wendy went through several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation and then a mastectomy at Sibley Hospital/Johns Hopkins in DC.  When the cancer kept coming back, in December of 2014, Wendy began…

Beth Conway, Walking in celebration of her mother, Mary Conway I walk for my mom, Mary Cassidy Conway – a fighter and survivor.  It’s hard to describe how my mom’s diagnosis changed my family’s life.  I just remember thinking that in the blink of an eye, we were part of this club that no one wanted membership to.  Looking back, though, it was actually this very same club of women and families that provided unwavering support and inspiration to our family during those hard times.  I hope our family can provide the same support to our families.  

Linda Jones & Karin Castro and Olivia & Samantha Jones, Walking in memory of their mother and grandmother, respectfully, Ann Wilkie Marotto (1994.)   It was a crisp October weekend in 1986.  We were all home from college for a fun weekend at the Head of the Charles.  That was the first time we heard the words breast cancer in our home.  We would hear those words often as they would become part of our daily lives over the next 8 years.  I was 21, my sister 18 when our mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.  She passed away 8 years…