Our Story

How LibLines began...

"The only thing worse than not knowing what to say is not saying anything at all."

Losing a family member to breast cancer is never easy. For our family, it was the most difficult thing we have ever had to endure. To see Libby fight so valiantly, so gracefully, and so courageously while facing a terminal illness changed our lives forever. Now we are hoping to change yours. Near the end of her battle, Libby Burns said that breast cancer may kill her, but it would not beat her. She died in June, 2001 with the same grace, love, and compassion with which she lived: always putting her family first, always trying to make things better for those around her. It is in honor of Libby's spirit, her strength, and the love she shared with her family that we proudly introduce LibLines.

LibLines is a line of greeting cards designed specifically for women fighting breast cancer. Throughout Lib's battle, we realized how difficult it was to put into words what we were feeling in our hearts. Phones calls were apt to be at inopportune moments. Greeting cards that merely spelled out "Get Well Soon" or "Thinking of You" failed to do justice to Lib's struggle. Sometimes, it seemed easier not to call or ask how she was doing so as not to risk saying something inappropriate. Yet, how wrong would it be to say nothing?

The lessons our family learned through Lib's battle were life-changing, even if they were lessons we didn't want to ever have to learn. Above all else, we have learned that love is the most powerful message, the most powerful treatment, and the most powerful force that each of us possesses to fight breast cancer. While it claimed the life of a caring, loving, passionate woman, breast cancer also strengthened a family's bonds, renewed its commitments, and sparked a wonderful idea within a Godchild: to help make others' fight a little easier. This is what Lib would have done. This is what it's all about.

This is LibLines.