“My personal mission is to embrace, embellish and empower women, and to continue to make them look and feel their absolute best, one creation at a time.” – Gillian Gia Curry-Williams Mrs. Gillian G. Curry-Williams has been a major player in the vibrant fashion industry of The Bahamas, that constellation of beautiful islands in the […]
Author Archives: RumCay
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Dr. Alia Campbell has redefined what cancer looks like. She has been taught that laughter is the best medicine; therefore she is intentional about finding the humor in every situation. Through what has become the biggest fight of her life, Alia reflects the true definition of faith, love and laughter. Her tenacity brings renewed hope […]
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Eighteen years ago, Andrea Sweeting was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. The very next month, she had surgery. She accepted the challenge this illness brought to her and just like everything else in her life, she found a way to thank God for it. Andrea lives by the words of Helen Keller, “I thank […]
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Douglas Hanna was always strong and physically fit. And for most of his 32 years when he worked on the Royal Bahamas Police Force, he proved himself to be a leader when faced with difficulties which come with policing. However, it was his resilience that was ultimately tested when he was diagnosed with stage 3 […]
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“Devastated” is the descriptor Jenniemae Johnson used as she recalled when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was 47 years old and had already experienced the pain of going through the disease with her best friend who had passed away from the same disease. “I thought my life would be over,” she said. Jenniemae […]
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Lorenda Coakley-Woodside couldn’t bring herself to cry when she learned she had cancer. In fact, she even went by herself, believing it would be benign. She credits her ability to cope through the process to the deep relationship she has with her saviour above. Having had some 10 rounds of chemo (which continues every three […]
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Imagine having your mother and maternal grandmother diagnosed with breast cancer, and your paternal grandmother being diagnosed with stomach cancer, only to eventually hear the doctor say you too have cancer. This is Nakara Miller’s story and even though she is no stranger to cancer, she refuses to let the disease get the best of […]
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Patrice Ritchie’s story is different. She said she was actually forewarned by the Holy Spirit about her cancer diagnosis. As she readied to see the oncologist, she received the words: “Whose report shall you believe?” Those words prepared her for the news of lobular cancer and being told she would have to take off both […]
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Fourteen years ago, a doctor told Shantell Cox-Hutchinson that her disease had progressed with little hope for survival. However, God had other plans. She’s still with us today. In August 2005, while taking a shower, Shantell discovered a lump in her right breast. At the urging of her sister Cassandra, she went to her primary […]
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Sophia Rolle said she planned for her “life to be a fairytale,” but two years ago, God proved to her that life is far from it. “Never would I have imagined being a two-time survivor…when I look in the mirror and see the new me, I fall in love daily.My scars are testimonies to the […]