My mother, Barbara Hebert, died from breast cancer in May of 2002, after having battled the disease on and off for the previous ten years.  She was only 55 years old.  Her obituary listed her lifetime’s accomplishments; daughter, mother, grandmother, receiving her Masters in Early Childhood in 1997, co-founder of the Rainbow Connection Nursery School & Day Care Center, Girl Scout leader for 11 years, Director of the local day camp for 10 years, adjunct professor at local colleges, an advocate for Breast Cancer Awareness.  Though these might have been titles to label different roles she played during her short life, they didn’t define who she was.