Having Cancer Empowered Me To Take More

From Time To Time, I'll Look Back Through The Personal Journals I've Scribbled In Throughout My Life, The Keepers Of My Raw Thoughts And Emotions. The Words Poured Forth After My Dad Died, When I Went Through A Divorce, And After I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer. There Are So Many What-ifs Scribbled On Those Pages.

When My Shoes Are Killing Me, I Take A Maxi Pad And Put It In The Bottom Of My Shoe. It Is Better Than Any Dr. Scholl's Insert. That Fashion Tip Has Saved Me Through Some Long Nights.

I Don't Want To Be 'the Girl With Cancer' ... I Just Didn't Want That To Be My Only Thing. But It Is Part Of Me. And It's A Big Part Of Me.

Having Cancer Empowered Me To Take More Risks. I Knew Beating Cancer Was Going To Shape Me, But It Wasnt Going To Be All Of Me.

I've Had Weight Issues All My Life. I've Been On All The Diets: Atkins, Liquid Protein, Scarsdale Diet. Now I Go To The Gym Often. I'm Always On The Stairmaster, And I Do Weights.