In memory of my mom, Barbara, NOOK™ is proud to donate to breast cancer research in honor of her accomplishments, legacy, and her love of laughter that gave my family peace, solace, and hope to endure. I’m thankful for the many cancer research organizations whose commitments gave my mom many more years together with my dad, brother, sister, and me. And gave my family hope. A hope that proved vital to our quality of life, through times of hardship. My donation is with the hope and aspiration for a time when no woman will hear the words, “You have breast cancer.”

My mom, Barbara, had a life both wildly charmed and excruciatingly challenging. Hers was a life full of parties, singing, celebration, and standing up to every challenge. My mom led a courageous, grueling, determined, and hope-filled fight against a brutal disease. She had four cancers over the course of thirty years. Her first was when I was just two months old. For all the trials that cancer brought into her life, my mom did have a happily-ever-after born of laughter, devotion, and faith. And I lost her one month before my thirtieth birthday. I love her . . . I miss her . . . and I dedicate NOOK™ to my mom.