I have learned during these past weeks to concentrate on my faith. It is not easy to say goodbye, especially since the terms were totally unexpected. My granddaughters will be featured I marvel at this miracle.

The last episode that we recorded is I Sew For Fun, a show on team sewing with kids ages 5–9. Plus, my hope is that the Sewing With Nancy series will continue to air for years to come. You’ll find 15 new episodes this season, with reissues of programs to fill this season. I recorded new Sewing With Nancy shows right up to my diagnosis. My staff and I have been working on rearranging my business, Nancy Zieman Productions (I sold Nancy’s Notions to the Tacony Corporation in 2003), determining how to wrap up Sewing With Nancy, and figuring out how to continue our valuable partnerships with Wisconsin Public Television-mainly Quilt Expo, which will continue. It was a devastating day, realizing that my life and my career, as I had known it, would end.ĭuring these last six weeks, I’ve been having meaningful conversations with family and friends-a bittersweet time. A scan in July showed that one of the cancers had metastasized and additional treatments would not be helpful. We skipped a few beats, but not too many.Įarlier this year, my husband and I celebrated our 40 th anniversary and vacations were enjoyed. My amazing team worked diligently to help me with the book-writing process, to develop new products, and to keep me up to speed. During this time, my staff, friends, and I continued to produce Sewing With Nancy shows, some creatively repackaged, and other brand-new episodes. I was treated with surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation through May of 2016. Another primary cancer-breast cancer-was found four months later.

As some of you may know, I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in March of 2015. My retirement came as a shock to my family and me. I’ve decided to say goodbye to you-my loyal viewers, readers, and customers-with a personal note. Some might choose a gathering of close family and friends, a big party, or perhaps a quiet goodbye. There are many ways to celebrate a retirement and to say goodbye.

Fit to be Dead by Nancy G. West