Breast Cancer Inspire Health and Fitness Conference 2019
November 29, 2018 KimHarms

I have the honor of providing a break-out session at Inspire 2019 in Des Moines. The conference is designed to help the church grow in its understanding of and application of sound nutrition and fitness principles. Speakers will focus on both body and soul. (Not gonna lie, it’s more than a little intimidating seeing my photo next to Becky Tirabassi’s in that promo poster…) My topic is: A Biblical View of Body Image When Your Body Fails You Our culture tells us that our physical body defines our value. Scripture even speaks to the beauty of the feminine form. The…

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Breast Cancer Reconstructing Intimacy After Breast Cancer – Sharing Some Hard but Beautiful Things with Dr. Juli Slattery
November 15, 2018 KimHarms

    Reconstructing Intimacy After Breast Cancer I was honored to have the opportunity to speak with Dr. Juli Slattery of Authentic Intimacy for her Java with Juli podcast recently.  I will keep this post short and let the podcast speak itself, but I will say this about our journey to “authentic intimacy” post mastectomy and breast reconstruction.  I think if Corey and I had really thought through how sex would change when I no longer had breasts, we would’ve had an inkling that there was going to be a struggle ahead, but we were so focused at first on…

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Breast Cancer A Mastectomy Pillow Thank You from Anne Graham Lotz
October 4, 2018 KimHarms

  When mom learned that Anne Graham Lotz was diagnosed with breast cancer, she found an address and sent her a set of pillows, not even positive they would get to her. Not long after, she received this hand-written thank you in the mail. How sweet is that? Don’t know Anne Graham Lotz? She’s the daughter of Reverend Billy Graham and you can read some of her breast cancer story on her website annegrahamlotz.org Mom and her friends have sent pillows to women in 40 states and have supplied pillows and/or seatbelt covers to medical clinics in 5 states. When…

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Breast Cancer Free Mastectomy Pillows for Individuals and Medical Clinics
June 12, 2018 KimHarms 2Comment

We have sent FREE mastectomy pillows to individuals in 39 states and medical centers in four states. My mom and her friends (The Bosom Buddies) get together regularly to sew pillows to give to women in need. In fact, they have a sewing day planned this week. The lovely woman pictured above is one our our pillow recipients. She received her pillow through the Hoffberger Breast Center in Baltimore, Maryland. If you or someone you know could use these pillows, you can find a contact form on my FREE MASTECTOMY PILLOWS page. (Please remember to include a mailing address with…

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Breast Cancer Cancer Gave Me The Gift of Knowing Human Frailty
May 22, 2018 KimHarms 4Comment

I was 40 and already had a head of prematurely gray hair (I hide it well) when Dr. Testroet called with the crappy cancer news, but the following words from Jen Wilkin’s 27-year-old experience ring true inside of me. Once you hear a cancer diagnosis, you can’t unhear it. Even with successful treatment, it changes the way you number your days. I had been given an opportunity not many 27-year-olds could claim: the opportunity to count each of my days as precious. Any illusions I might have had that this life would last forever were effectively removed. I learned a…

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