Meet Our Moms

The magnificent women we’ve been privileged to bless, who have touched us and countless more along the way.

Avery Harrison

Avery Harrison

Avery (at age 38) was originally diagnosed with stage IV HER2+ breast cancer in Jan. 2014. Things were going well and there was no evidence of this disease until this March 2016 (at age 40) when she was diagnosed with brain metastasis. The news was devastating and heartbreaking. She'll continue on...

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Kelly Hayes

Kelly Hayes

Kelly is 34 years old and a dedicated wife and mother of 3 & 6 year old girls. She is originally from Oklahoma but her husband’s job took them to Wisconsin in 2014. She was a long way from her family when she received a diagnosis of Stage 4 adrenal cancer in October of the same year. Adrenal...

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Heather Gladbach

Heather Gladbach

Heather and Tom have two beautiful children, Vincent (12) and Caroline (7). Heather hasn’t worked for 3 years and is on disability, and Tom is a Chef and consultant. Heather has had Stage IV breast cancer for 5 1/2 years with brain mets, starting at age 37. 2015 brought much uncertainty with brain...

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Isabel Minaya

Isabel Minaya

Isabel is 34 years old and has 4 children.  She has a 15 year old son, a 9 year old son, a 3 year old son, and a 1 year old daughter. Isabel is very close with her family and she remains strong, brave and optimistic even with a few months to live. Isabel was diagnosed July 7, 2015 with colon...

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Brandi Schroeder

Brandi Schroeder

Brandis father, 3 aunts, uncle, 2 cousins and both grandparents all died of lung and breast cancer. Pediatricians warned her and her brother to start checking at the age of 30 for signs of cancer. 6 months after Brandi turned 30 we discovered she had breast cancer, Stage 2b. True to her nature,...

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Rachel Gittins

Rachel Gittins

Rachel is a single mom who in the beginning of 2013 was diagnosed with stage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Since the very beginning she knew the only way to battle this dreadful disease was unwavering positivity and living every moment to its fullest with her amazing children, Maggie (8) and...

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Ashleigh Range

Ashleigh Range

Ashleigh is married and mother to two boys, Noah (age 2) and David (11 months). She is highly educated and went to school at Georgia Tech for undergrad and MIT for graduate school. She was first diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer when she was 34 weeks pregnant. She then began chemotherapy...

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Julie Whaley

Julie Whaley

Julie Whaley, a 38 year old mother of three, has been diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer. In 2010, Julie was diagnosed with Stage 3 Triple Negative/Inflammatory breast cancer and again in 2014. After 7 months of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation, the cancer was thought to have been in...

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Sarah Landis

Sarah Landis

Sarah Landis lives in Blaine, MN with her 3 daughters Natalie (14), Larissa (10), Olivia (4), and her husband Mark (8 maybe…)  For the most part Sarah spends the day doing various things with her daughters or Mark. She enjoys a good thrift store, selling great finds on Amazon. (we find creative...

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Michelle Weaver

Michelle Weaver

Michelle and Kevin Weaver are blessed with 3 beautiful children, Olivia, Noah, and Emmanuel (Manny).  They are Christ followers and have devoted their lives to loving others and pursuing the Lord. Kevin is a writer. Michelle has homeschooled the kids with Coram Deo Academy for 8+ years. Michelle...

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Loretta Schoch

Loretta Schoch

Loretta was a wife and mom of 2 beautiful children, a daughter that is special needs and wheelchair bound, and an older son. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in 2012, she received many treatments though none were successful. Loretta’s Wish was to have their older special needs van fixed...

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Lynn Acker

Lynn Acker

Lynn and her husband Tony have 3 boys: Carter (13) Josh (11) and Zack (10). Lynn is very focused on her family and spiritual life. Lynn is one that will always think of others before she thinks about herself. Lynn was diagnosed with adrenal cortical cancer in June 2007. She has been through 24...

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