Bobbie is not only an AMAZING photographer she is a woman who is grateful for her life despite the many challenges she has been handed. 

My journey at the Walker Family Cancer Centre began in 2018, when I felt a lump on my left breast. Tests revealed I had HER2-positive breast cancer, initially diagnosed at Stage 2 but upgraded to Stage 4 because of its aggressive onset. 

"It's pretty scary when you think it came that fast. I had a mammogram one year prior that came up clear.

I had a mastectomy followed by eight rounds of chemotherapy so aggressive and had to give myself a shot in the stomach for eight days following the treatment to stimulate the production of red blood cells. I had already started 14 rounds of Herceptin infusions to target any floating cancer cells but that had to be put on hold as was being treated for congestive heart failure.

I try to think positive … it's either that or drop dead which is not an option. I have a 26-year-old son with autism in my care. In spite of everything I felt the need to give back to I wanted to give back to the centre for taking such good care of me.

I don't know how to make crafts and I don't paint and I'm not real swift about doing anything, but I have all these pictures and I thought, I'm going to make calendars. Which I did. 

Using my photography, capturing the beautiful scenery on Dufferin Island and around the falls, I made and sold calendars to benefit Walker Family Cancer Ctr in St. Catharines where I continue undergoing treatment.

Every penny raised was donated and whatever money I spent making the calendars was my own contribution.  This is my way of thanking the doctors and nurses at the centre and other patients she's met through Facebook who have been supportive.

In just the first two days of selling my calendars on Facebook, I unexpectedly had raised $900 in sales and is making me feel  (Cont'd at Right)