It's Gotten To The Point Where If

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 Wake Up At 4:15 A.m., Get Some Coffee, Turn On The News, See What's Happening, Go Clickety-clack On The Web To See What I Missed Overnight. Then I Go To The Gym, Around 5:15, And I Do What Appears To Be A Very Light Workout, But Who Cares. I'm Socializing With Other Nice People At The Gym. Then I Go Into Work, And I'm Really Awake.

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.

I Try To Live In A Little Bit Of My Own Joy And Not Let People Steal It Or Take It.

People Think That You Have To Do Something Huge, Like Go To Africa And Build A School, But You Can Make A Small Change In A Day. If You Change Wednesday, Then You Change Thursday. Pretty Soon It's A Week, Then A Month, Then A Year. It's Bite-size, As Opposed To Feeling Like You Have To Turn Your Life Inside Out To Make Changes.