Brenda’s Fan club story
Posted by Michelle on Mar 9, 2005 in Michelle
A sportswriter I know from our old prep days emailed me a request about Rashad McCants’ mother, who is suffering from breast cancer. McCants as we all know is a UNC player and his younger sister Rashanda is one of the 10 best HS players in the country – and signed with UNC over TN.
The sportswriter had written a column about Brenda Muckelvene’s battle with cancer and thought it would be wonderful to run a response column with emails from people sending good wishes to her. He wanted her to be overwhelmed by them, which is wonderful!
So he asked me to post on the IC board about it, which I did. And he got flooded by them. You know how we do it at IC – full out.
I too sent in a message for her … and it made the cut, whoo hoo!
The following letters are in response to Wednesday’s story by Andrew Pearson in the Citizen-Times that gave details of Brenda Muckelvene’s battle with breast cancer. Muckelvene is the mother of University of North Carolina basketball star Rashad McCants and Asheville High School All-American Rashanda McCants. Many basketball fans who wrote letters to staff writer Andrew Pearson addressed them personally to Ms. Muckelvene.
Read the rest: Brenda’s fan club
And in case the archive there expires, what I said:
Dear Brenda,
Please know you are in the prayers of all Tar Heel fans. Breast cancer is something that seems to touch so many, and our hearts are with you on your journey through this.
Know that by allowing your struggle to be public, you remind all women how important breast self-exams are to catching this early. You will save lives because you have opened up.
Take care of yourself – we know you are a strong woman and a survivor.
God bless you!
Michelle Hillison
Cary, NC
I’m please to be able to say something special to a woman who has given a lot to UNC basketball but is also just a woman struggling with a disease that affects so many women.
