2021

In January of 2021, Shannon, the owner of Mums and Kisses was diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer at the age of 42. Even though it has rocked their personal world, Mums and Kisses remained a driving force. We have supported Breast Cancer Awareness since 2016 in honor of her grandmother, but now the breast cancer ribbon takes on a whole new meaning.

This year, Shannon would endure 16 rounds of Chemo, 3 surgeries and 20 rounds of daily radiation, all while maintaining the business, and a family.

Shannon said “It has been a challenge, but it keeps me going and gives me great hope for recovery. The ladies that work with us at Mums and Kisses are the reason we’re still growing strong. They take over my duties when I can’t and step in like the professionals they are. Mums and Kisses is a Legacy for my family. It continues to be my best motivation. With God’s help, I will be a Cancer Survivor.”

All Done!

Shannon said “After 16 rounds of chemo, 30 radiations and 3 surgeries in 5 months, I’m proud to say I’m now Cancer free! during the last season at Mums and Kisses I worked between chemo and radiation. Something I wasn’t sure that I was going to be able to do as I couldn’t even walk in the summer due to chemo neuropathy.”

With God, All Things Are Possible

But God heals! We hired 3 more girls and now between all of us our Mum Making Army is up to 14 humans and one K-9 strong! Even through cancer, God gave us a record-breaking season. We’re up to 412 + schools now. Amazing!

After the season we hired a verifying company to get us the logistics we needed to be quality compliant. It’s like an ISO9000 audit so that we may do business with other countries. After all, Shannon is the daughter of an ISO9000 auditor! And they have mums in Poland, who would have thought!

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