Cancer caregiver finds support, acceptance in online support group
Shelly Ward is a trailblazer. As one of only a few female airplane pilots with the U.S. Justice Department’s Drug Enforcement Administration, she conducts aerial surveillance that helps dismantle drug trafficking rings and brings criminals to justice.
“My job is never dull,” she says. “I’ve got to be on my game at all times. I can’t afford to become rattled.”
But when Shelly’s husband, Kerrick, received a rare pancreatic...
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Callie Piper is a planner with a capital “P.” And nothing thrown her way during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed that.
“I’ve always been ultra-organized,” says Callie, an event planner with a human resources company. “There’s nothing more rewarding than detailing every step of a project in advance, then seeing it play out perfectly.”
Those planning skills kicked in two months ago when Callie was diagnosed...
