A former attorney, but no straightjacket, she promotes ‘laughter as the best medicine’ for coping with the challenges of the day. But recently Catherine put this prescription to the test. She was diagnosed with Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (lim - fan’- je - o - Li’- o - mi’- o - ma - to’- sis), or LAM, a progressive lung disease with no known cause or cure that typically strikes women in the prime of their lives. Now she is running as fast as she can to help find a cure. Mary Ann Colihan reports.