Going Strong

Fighting Pretty has been going strong for a year now and things are heating up. And we couldn't be happier that we are able to help provide inspiration, strength and beauty to women all over American - and the world!

We have sent over 340 Pretty Packages in the last 12 months and need your support in order to continue our efforts in 2014. Please join us in the fight and donate to Fighting Pretty to help women out there feel strong and beautiful during and after cancer treatment.

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Three Hundred and Counting!

As of this month ~ the start of the New Year ~ Fighting Pretty has sent out over 300 Pretty Packages to women all over America. And starting this month, we will have expanded to New Zealand!

Looking back on the idea of starting of this organization, I get a warm fuzzy feeling when I think about the reactions of women as they open their Pretty Package. We have received well over 100 thank you's and comments from loved ones and women battling cancer telling us how it is because of Fighting Pretty that they are now getting dressed up for chemo, getting out of their houses and fighting strong!

We have received pictures, letters, donations and more from women battling this disease showing their hanging boxing gloves, growing-out hair, of fun outfits as they "Fight Pretty."

This blog is a resource for all women to read...to gain inspiration, insight and strength as they battle through their cancer journey.

Please reach out to us if you have any tips on what keeps you strong and beautiful during cancer. We would love to share with the world!

Much love,
Kara Skaflestad

Happy New Year!

It's the new year ladies. Whether you like it or not.
Some of you are just starting on your cancer journey, and some of you have recently finished.

Back in December 2008, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. And less than one month later, on January 14, I had a double mastectomy. The next month was my 27th birthday, and I started chemo. So the year 2009 was the year of cancer for me. So, I totally get it.

But looking back now, it's behind me. Yet every holiday season is a bit bittersweet. The coldness that fills the air is something that I now appreciate more than ever. The sparkles on the trees, the lights in people's windows, the Christmas songs, the buzz of the New York City streets, and now...the looks on my neices' faces when they open presents - they all remind me what I've been through and how I appreciate what I have become.

For those of you that are just starting your journey, start your year with vigor, strength and attitude. And know, that you will kick cancer's ass this year! And by next New Year's Eve, when your hair is slowly growing back, you will be rocking that hairdo and celebrating the amazing person you are!

And for those of you that finished - hooray! Celebrate 2014 and take in every moment, and appreciate all that life has to offer. It's been a hell of a ride, but it's only just begun!