Wife of twenty years. Loving mom of nine children. NICU nurse. Loud. Tattooed, high-heel-loving, rockabilly-dress-wearing devotee of all things retro. This is Jessica Pieniadz (@sufferingsurvivingsarcoma). In 2021, Synovial Sarcoma was added to Jessica's list of descriptors. While Synovial Sarcoma is now one of her many descriptors, it does not define her.

For Jillian Chapman (@jrchapman8), first came love, then came marriage, then came… freakin’ cancer. In November 2018, just two short months after marrying her college sweetheart, Stage 4 Breast Cancer showed up like an uninvited wedding crasher, and it’s been anything but a honeymoon since then.

Laura Morris (@create_morr1 on Instagram) was in the best shape of her life. Fit and fabulous, she married her high school sweetheart, worked in education and eventually became a mom to two young children. Then came the Stage 3C, Triple Negative Breast Cancer and things got real.

We are honored to Love Bomb - Gina Gillikin - @gina_michelle1229 - who is slaying stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. While used to dealing with the medical profession from the inside as a medical assistant, she entered the patient side when she was diagnosed in 2019 at just 30 years young.

Cara — @ckenwyn — is the epitome of bravery. Diagnosed July of 2018 with triple negative breast cancer, while pregnant with her second son, Cara launched into a full court press cancer treatment by starting chemo when he was three weeks old.

Krista Tacderas — @loving.my.scars — is of the bravest and strongest of us all. At 29, she was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma triple negative breast cancer, with a brca1 gene mutation, the very week the world shut down from a global pandemic while only four months removed from resigning from her nursing position to be a stay at mom with her 1 year old daughter.

We are so honored to award a love bomb to miss Sadie Lackey (@lackeysadie on Instagram), who is kicking Stage 4 Classic Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular sclerosis subtype, where it counts.

“Cancer has assaulted my mental health, rearranged my dreams, and paused my ambition. Mostly because... I'm just freaking tired,” Sadie shared. “And, dang it, The Turnpike Troubadours are coming to town, and I can't go. Because I have cancer.”

Amber Cartwright is a 36 year old mom of two who is facing off with stage 4 metastatic colon rectal cancer. With her love bomb she plans to take her family to a cabin on the lake to make all the memories.

Kinsey Gaylor is a 38 year old mom of two who is going toe-to-toe with triple negative breast cancer. She’s hopeful, with the help of a love bomb, she can do something special for and with her kids. Maybe a special birthstone piece for her girl.