Why Hatshepsut?

As soon as I was diagnosed, I wanted to find a name for my site that would be an affirmation of my determination to beat this once again. First, I thought of "Cancer Girl" (I was thinking super heroes) but my mom didn't like it and I'm pretty sure someone writes under that name in a women's cancer magazine that I get; so that was out.

Mike was all for "amazon queen" or "warrior queen" but I thought those were too generic. I almost caved when he said "Diane, Queen of My Heart", though. My next thought was Boadicea, but she eventually lost and that's definitely not the message I want to communicate to the universe. My sister suggested Electra (she saw some movie in which Electra kicks butt) but she's in love with her dad and that's also not the message I want to send. I do love my dad, but not THAT way :-)

Finally, I thought of Queen Hatshepsut, whom I've read about in the ancient Egypt mystery series by Lauren Haney. Hatshepsut actually ruled Egypt for about 20 years and was the longest reigning female Pharoah. I think she must have been a pretty strong woman to hold off all those men and to rule during such violent times. Mike was disturbed because she apparently wore a beard and dressed like a man at times to show she was capable of ruling but, hey, I got plenty of facial hair as a result of my last bout with chemo...so I'm not bothered by this!