Janet

This is my third bout with cancer….a rare one this time called Mantle Cell Lymphoma…only 6% of lymphoma patients get this disease a year…at first I thought…lucky me…then I thought…heck yeah, I am lucky, I am blessed, and I will kick this one out the back door too…I have an amazing oncologist, and amazing support team, amazing family and friends, and the most amazing husband ever…my niece said from the start…Aunt Janet, You got this! I took that and it has been the driving force in my journey…though there have been ups and downs, I was lucky enough to be introduced to The Turning Heads Project by the nurse at my oncologist office…and so my journey continues and they documented my story in a way that no one else could!

First, I would like to say THANK YOU to each of the ladies that assisted in this photo shoot…Debbie, the producer, and cancer survivor herself, and the girl who started this NON PROFIT business, is AMAZING!!!!!…Stacy, the professional photographer….HOLY MOLY does this girl not only know her stuff, but she makes it sooooooo FUN you forget your in front of a big ole camera…SHE ROCKS!!…..to Olga, the professional make-up artist…WHOA, ya’ll I got my makeup done by Olga and she has done pro makeup to some purdy big people…she is THE BOMB….

We arrived around 2 and what I thought was going to take about 30 minutes since first of all its a FREE shoot, but moreover a SUNDAY, turned into a 3 and half hour shoot…ya’ll have NO IDEA how AWESOME this was….I was like…bald huh?…cancer what??…they made cancer a thing of my past and my baldness a remembrance of how beautiful we are regardless….I totally forgot that cancer was even an issue…these girls put my fat behind on a stool the moment they gave us hugs and Olga started my makeup…and I don’t mean the JCPenny/Macy freebie kind either…I mean a full on, make-up session like I was gonna walk the Red Carpet or something…lol….then they do a reveal of the make up and OH MY GOSH, I could NOT even believe it was ME…I was like, what the heck did these ladies do with my face??…lol…she made the make up so natural and she stayed right on it for every photo too…making sure there were no runs, leaks, lip stick good, etc…it was crazy cool….then Debbie and Olga dressed me up in so many outfits I can’t even tell ya’ll…I felt like an actress….it was so dang fun playing Barbie…hehehehe….then, its off to be with Stacy who does the photo’s…and ya’ll…she is soooo awesome and patient and detailed and sweet and has so many great idea’s….it was crazy FUN…the pics of me tossing all the beautiful scarves that all my family and friends and sent for my lil bald head was just so fun…and just so many pics to tell such a beautiful story of our journey and we will forever be thankful.

They are all CRAZY AWESOME and I want them to succeed and spread all over the country!…all I know is I AM TRULY BLESSED to have met these women, to have spent time with them, to have had this experience of a lifetime, and I am forever great full and love you all!!…TYSM!!!