Tag: mother

• Turning 30

  “Once I am thirty years old, I will be taken seriously at work and I will have the confidence needed to really be successful professionally.” That’s what I kept telling myself in my twenties. Ha! What a joke. I didn’t do anything different — no real effort to grow, change or understand myself– I just…

  Dawn Pavich Soukup

  February 25, 2026

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  life, family, mother, daughter, third act, women, growth, twenties, work life balance

• Time

  

  On August 18, 2013, while sitting at a waterpark in Yorkville, IL, I received the news that my mom was on a chemo break. Immediately upon hearing this news, I planned and confirmed our trip to Puerto Rico. During the years she lived with cancer, I started a CaringBridge site on her behalf to update…

  Dawn Pavich Soukup

  June 12, 2025

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  breast-cancer, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, daughter, daughters, family, health, love, mom, mother, time