I was recently diagnosed again with breast cancer.

It all began in 2001 and I went through the whole nine years to battle the little demon. 

In 2003 I had a remission and had to dust off my armor and get into battle again. Victory was mine, for a time at least, and new positive things came into my life. One of them was Twitter which had enabled me to reach out to others and spread the word of positive thinking. The other was BlackBerry.

 Let me first start by saying I’m not a fan of the iPhone. And it’s not that I’m a BlackBerry Addict due to my love loss for the iPhone. It’s that I have always equated the BlackBerry to “Business”. Before I owned my first BlackBerry, whenever I saw someone typing on one I wondered what their job was. And when I got my first BlackBerry, the 8700g, I felt as if I had to justify the purchase. Not for the price, but for what the device was. Buying a BlackBerry was like entering an exclusive club, and having to prove I knew the secret handshake to the powers that be. That I belonged.

As some of you may or may not know I started BerryTastic in November of last year whilst recovering from an operation to repair my repeatedly dislocating shoulder. One of the ideas behind the site was to show people the many varied and different things people can and do use their BlackBerry for.

My cousin was visiting from Philly for the weekend. It’s always great to see her since we’re both always so busy. It was a last minute decision so she was in a hurry when she packed her bags. She checked everything twice and began her drive. All looked well.