This week we are sharing a favorite episode from the archives as we take a break from our regular podcast schedule to enjoy the winter holidays with our loved ones.  Today, Wildfire team member Angela Firman selected this episode from December 2021 to re-share.  Angela just wanted to hear the voice of her dearly missed friend Lisa Laudico who the cancer community lost this year, and what Lisa has to say about cancer’s legacy surrounding ourselves and our loved ones. 

Today we are going to hear a piece about legacy. Breast cancer as legacy, storytelling as legacy. Whether it is a gift received or a gift given, something passed knowingly or subconsciously.  The power of storytelling as legacy is important for the teller and the recipient.  Our guest is Lisa Laudico, reading her piece “Legacy” from the 2020 “Family” issue of Wildfire Magazine.  In the summer of 2017, Lisa became the 4th generation in her family to be diagnosed with breast cancer but the only one to be diagnosed at Stage IV de novo.   Lisa lives with her family in Connecticut.  She is the creator of Our MBC Life Podcast. 

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