Pamela Thompson, the co-founder
and director of The Life Monologue Project, watched someone she loved with all her heart fight for his life against the monster
that is cancer. Knowing that he was in intense physical and emotional pain made her want to bear some of that burden for him,
in an effort to ease as much of that pain as possible. For five long years Pamela cared for her ailing husband, Sal, who was
diagnosed with colon cancer just five months after their wedding day. Shortly after Sal’s diagnosis, his mother, Anna,
was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Pamela devoted her days and nights to caring for them, serving as nurse, cheerleader,
friend, confidante, wife and daughter.
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After losing them both, Pamela reevaluated her life and decided to continue to fight cancer in the only way she knew
how: By offering a creative healing process to people and their families facing illness and the crippling isolation and powerlessness
that can accompany it. Her experiences as a caregiver, and Sal’s courageous fight against cancer, were the inspiration
for The Cancer Monologues, part of The Life Monologue Project. Given Pamela’s personal experience with cancer,
she has brought a deep understanding and compassion to the brave participants of The Cancer Monologues. In all of these workshops
and the monologues created within them one thing shines forth, as bigger than any life challenge, and that is the strength
of the human spirit.
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