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Posted 2017-01-08T19:16:00Z

Life is a battle and if it isn't . . you are not living up to your full potential

Life is a battle and if it isn't, you are not living up to your full potential. It has taken me over 40 years to figure this out. For most of my life I thought there was a permanent black cloud following me around. Life continued to test my fortitude in so many ways. For every obstacle I faced, I cursed it, I cried, I felt sorry for myself, and then I pulled up my big girl pants and did whatever I needed to do to face my challenge head on and conquer it. After the battle was over I felt amazing and I sincerely appreciated getting to fight the fight. Having cancer has given me an opportunity to look back on all the monumental moments in my life and realize I would not be the person I am today without each of these. I would be an older version of the poor little girl living in Wisconsin trying to just scrape by to be able to eat.[...]