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A Week of #WeAreCisco Wins
A week of awesome: Cisco is #1 World's Best Workplace, GHC19 is inthe book, and I've been named a Cisco Bridge Award winner!
Casie Shimansky
Oct 10, 20193 min read


From Laid Off to Dream Job
At almost 30, I was laid off - nothing was going according to plan. Years later, opportunity would knock & my life at Cisco would begin.
Casie Shimansky
Oct 9, 20198 min read


She Would've Been 34 Today.
Kellie Would've Been 34 Today.
Casie Shimansky
Jul 31, 20191 min read


The Battle of Being Hypothyroid
What it took to get back on Tirosint and, hopefully, back to an optimized thyroid.
Casie Shimansky
Jul 17, 20198 min read


Kenobi Echo of the Stars
The Story of Kenobi's Got'cha Day and how the stars aligned to bring this fun-loving, adventurous pup in to our lives.
Casie Shimansky
Jul 1, 20195 min read


Shave, Rest, Recover, Repeat.
There have been 29 days between me and the moment my 5” of rainbow mowhawk’d hair fell to the stage floor at Captain Hiram's during...
Casie Shimansky
Apr 29, 20193 min read


Just Wait.
I left our 2012 St. Baldrick's event having made a promise. It was a promise I shared with Sean a few days later as I still sat high on...
Casie Shimansky
Apr 21, 20192 min read


15 Years Without Her
When I close my eyes and take myself back to the week leading up to April 10, 2004 – it still feels impossible that it happened to us....
Casie Shimansky
Apr 10, 20194 min read


The 7 Biggest Moments during Team Live Out Loud's 7th Year of St. Baldrick's
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson 1. KNIGHTED! When I said I wanted to start a...
Casie Shimansky
Apr 2, 20192 min read


One Year Bald: 365 Days Later
Today, March 24th, officially marks ONE. YEAR. BALD. 😳 When the sun finally rose on that morning, 365 days ago, I had no idea what to...
Casie Shimansky
Mar 24, 20195 min read


Superpowers + Silver Linings
I can't fly. Lasers don't shoot out of my eyes. I can't control the weather or your mind. I have no unusual muscular strength. I...
Casie Shimansky
Jan 16, 20192 min read


The Power to Decide
In 2004 my sister died. It was sudden. It was tragic. It was unexpected. It was the brutal, gut-wrenching discovery late one night at a...
Casie Shimansky
Jan 15, 20193 min read


The First in a Long Time...
A long, long time ago...I started a blog. In fact, the first blog I ever started was fresh out of high school after I missed writing my...
Casie Shimansky
Jan 14, 20192 min read


She would’ve been 33 today.
Kellie's 33rd Birthday.
Casie Shimansky
Jul 31, 20182 min read


She Would've Been 31 Today.
Kellie would've been 31 today.
Casie Shimansky
Jul 31, 20161 min read


She Would've Been 30 Today.
Kellie would've been 30 today.
Casie Shimansky
Jul 31, 20151 min read


She Would've Been 29 Today.
Kellie would've been 29 today.
Casie Shimansky
Jul 31, 20141 min read


The Extra Candle.
Celebrate your extra candle.
Casie Shimansky
Jul 31, 20131 min read
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