Hi friends. As many of you know, in April 2025 I was diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer . I was 48 and it came out of nowhere.

But before I say anything else, I want you to know who you're supporting with this campaign so I asked some of my friends to share their thoughts and this is what they shared with me.

"Cam is a bright light who shows up for everyone around her without asking for anything in return. She's way more comfortable giving than receiving! She's stronger than most people I know, and life has definitely tested her...

She's built a vibrant, safe, and fun community for women, along with a relationship-focused real estate business. With both, she's wonderful at helping people feel connected and supported.

She's also navigating the painful reality of being 1400 miles away from her teenage son. It's tough on both of them, but when life gets hard, she makes art, goes dancing, and is a  free-spirited social butterfly.

Her friends basically dragged her into this fundraiser, and even then she insisted on a way to give back, because that's just who she is."

Asking for help hasn't come naturally to me.

But the people in my life keep showing up and convincing me otherwise, Cancer, of all things, is finally teaching me to accept and receive help. That's not a small thing for me. It's everything.

Since my diagnosis, I've had one of the hardest years of my life. Before I could even have surgery, insurance issues and my surgeon leaving the state forced a five-month delay — five months of sitting with a cancer diagnosis, no clear path forward, just waiting and anticipating, and desperately missing my kid.

When surgery finally happened, my body didn't cooperate.

Two months of severe pain, an emergency second surgery, urgent care visits, allergic reactions, and what was supposed to be routine 2-3 week recovery turned into something much more challenging. I can't imagine getting through it without my family and friends.

Ohhh, but I'm not done though, there are more surgeries this year — reconstruction, an oophorectomy or hysterectomy, and hernia repair — but at least the hardest part is behind me. I'm beyond grateful that I didn't need radiation or chemo, and for my incredible medical team of women.

And here's the thing I need you to hear: the surgeries were successful! All the cancer is gone!!

The thing that has hurt the most this year isn't the surgeries. It's Kaden. My sweet boy. He's stuck in Oregon, and this year, I couldn't get to him. My life was on hold. I couldn't travel, I couldn't afford the trips, and there were moments I know he needed his mom and I just... couldn't be there. That's the part that keeps me up at night. A good summer with him this year isn't a luxury — it's the thing I'm fighting for. We need each other.

I'm turning 50 in June and after everything that's been asked of me, I want to walk into that milestone feeling something other than exhausted and woefully behind. I want to celebrate being alive, being cancer-free, and being a mom, preferably with Kaden riding shotgun next to me.

Unfortunately, this year gutted me financially. The complications meant weeks I couldn't work, and the bills — surgery costs, medications, follow-up care, and the expenses insurance doesn't cover — are still arriving.

What I need most is simple: to close the gap this year created, savor my time with Kaden this summer, and walk into my next surgeries without the added weight of financial panic. Whatever you're able to give goes directly toward that.

One of my biggest comforts through all of this has been making art — hours lost in drawing have helped me manage this whole experience. It's a humbling thing to ask for support, and I don't do so lightly. In exchange, I'd love to share some of my art with you.  Even when the world is scary — and it's been a scary year — beauty always exists.

I'm outrageously thankful for my network of people who care about me, and I am hopeful for a long, bright future ahead.

Any support, big or small, means more than I can say! I would also be incredibly grateful if you would share this campaign via email, social media, or text. Donors at higher levels will receive custom art notecard sets I made during recovery.

Thank you for being part of my world. :)