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About Graceful Woman Warrior

A former NYC party girl, world traveler, social worker and stay-at-home mom, Terri Luanna da Silva started this blog in 2011 after a Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer diagnosis.

Reeling from the recent death of her mother to cancer, visionary Canadian artist, Jeanne Robinson, the name for this blog came from the name Terri was given at birth—Luanna— which means graceful woman warrior.

Exploring motherhood, marriage, spirituality and self-discovery, Terri asked the big questions in her quest to understand the grace lessons contained in the suffering. Questions such as: Why in God’s name, or Buddha’s or the Universe did cancer strike me down at 37? How do I decide which treatment path to pursue?…. read more

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“For Mãmae”

January 28, 2024

Miss M performed her first dance solo tonight entitled, “For Mãmae🩷” choreographed by Jazzmine Szyndler.   In the words of…

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“In life we vibrate. In death we echo.” -unknown

January 1, 2024

What will your echo be? As we enter a new year, I’ve been thinking a lot about this question. Immediately,…

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“To heal we must remember.” Joe Biden

December 5, 2023

    Wise words from our President elect on the eve of his 2021 inauguration, paying tribute to the then,…

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Blog glitches & NYC

November 7, 2023

For some reason Terri Luanna’s birthday blog post didn’t automatically send, so subscribers received it manually (thanks to a friend…

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