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Now, take that passionate, strong, and inspiring individual and give them three words that could be the worst news of their life: “You have cancer.” A coach can be described as an individual of passion and strength, someone who brings out the best of their players through inspiration. I can still remember feeling my knees go weak and dropping to my kitchen floor,” Mance said recently. “My eyes filled helplessly with water and started pouring down my face. The doctor’s words went in and out of my stream of consciousness.” Both Mance and Frost endured the stress of treatment during their playing seasons. They worked closely with their doctors to figure out the most convenient treatment days for their busy schedules. Glitter Series • Bling Series • Glam Glitter • Sparkle Series • Big ( B.B. • Pet) • Furniture ( S1 • S2 • S3 • S4 • Hangout Spaces • S5) • Mini ( S1 • Family S1) • J.K.
In December, at the annual NFCA Convention, Frost and Mance will hold a roundtable discussion for other coaches and individuals who may want to share their stories within a group of people who know exactly what they are feeling. Winter Chill was originally going to be named Wintertime Wonderland, and then the name changed to Winter Wonderland. It was likely intended to be a reference to the Bratz line Wintertime Wonderland.We had very high expectations, so I [wrote off] symptoms of breast cancer: fatigue (easy, I’m always tired), dry itchy skin (it’s winter, it happens), and the indentation (I need to get to the gym to tighten up) out of my mind. I focused on work,” Mance recalled. I had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with a mom as she watched her young son play in the distance,” Frost stated, recalling the memory. “She talked about the hardship and long road that was behind him and the long road that lies ahead.” In 2017, Frost was the recipient of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Donna Newberry Perseverance Award. At the NFCA Convention that year, she gave a speech detailing her journey; in the audience for that speech was Mance, who was sparked to introduce herself afterwards, sharing her own story. I had a couch in my office that I would sleep on,” Mance added. “If I was tired, I would sleep, and on more than one occasion I would be woken up so that I could help someone in the gym for individual work.”
Choosing Tuesdays meant my extremely rough days would be Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” Frost said. “I endured chemo once every three weeks the entire season, and I was fortunate enough to only miss one weekend.”Frost notes, “I found myself in the face of adversity, hardship, and heartache many times, but the wonderful thing is I never found myself alone. My staff and I used to joke that ‘we’ had treatment or ‘we’ had chemo, and they were exactly right. The battle was a ‘we’ battle.”
The support didn’t stop within their respective programs. Unfortunate events led to very fortunate friendships. Frost, known as Missy to her peers and colleagues, is the head coach at Division II University of Indianapolis; she was diagnosed with breast cancer in November of 2016. The diagnosis came on a day that she and her team were, in an ironic twist, visiting the pediatric cancer unit at the local hospital.
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From that day on, we chatted quite often,” Frost explained. “We chatted about the ups and downs, the unknowns that were coming, the struggles and fight of what she may endure on her journey.” Little did Frost know that, later that same day, she would get a call from her doctor that set her on a very similar road. Lil Sisters ( S2 • S3 • Eye Spy • Color Change) • Pets ( S3 • Eye Spy • Fuzzy Pets • Fluffy Pets • Lights Pets • Remix Pets • Color Change) • Lils ( Makeover • WD) I purposely put my chemo appointments on Monday mornings, so that I could do practice Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, before it got so bad that I had to be in bed,” Mance said. “Thursdays were our off days, and by the time Friday came around, I was just starting to feel better for our weekend games.”
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