Since her initial diagnosis, my beautiful wife has been writing in a personal journal on her computer. During the wedding, the honeymoon and the numerous back-and-forth tests at the Ottawa Breast Cancer center (on the Civic Hospital campus), she kept a brave face.

But after the dust settled from the wedding and cruise, and now with the official diagnosis and the impending surgery, reality has hit her hard.

However, Sylvie is upbeat about her upcoming mastectomy on Monday, September 11. She jokingly refers to it as “when one of her twin towers will be falling.”

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We’ve kept some information private for a while for a variety of reasons. But now we’re making it public, and we also need to apologize to some of you and also create some awareness about an important issue.

As we settle down from the honeymoon, life has thrown us a curveball. I’ve already written about this on my personal blog, so rather than posting it here, please visit my blog to read about this issue. No, it has nothing to do with marketing, copywriting or the Internet. It’s not an offer, either.

It’s a personal piece of news that Sylvie and I wanted to share with you that’s important, particularly if you were planning on seeing us speak at an upcoming seminar:

Click here to read this important news…

The wedding is around the corner! The wedding is around the corner! The wedding is around the corner! (Can you feel how excited we are?)

And just to make sure, for people who need directions you could simply visit the Orchard View Reception Center — it has directions on the wedding site.

However, here’s a little more help.

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On Sunday, August 13th, 2006 at the beautiful Orchard View Conference Center in Ottawa (near Manotick), we celebrate the union, the love and the commitment we have for each other.

This is why this wedding is not meant to be a public statement of vows in front of witnesses, as most traditional weddings are.

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