God Gave Me Another Day

Rainbows come after the storms… I always lived my life looking at the positive side and seeking the silver lining in every cloud.  And God knows I have weathered plenty of storms and survived.   I remember traveling to Hawaii and witnessing the biggest and most beautiful rainbow, coloring the sky. 

I always had a desire to write a book.  I journalized many events in my life with the goal of publishing a book someday.  When my brother Nickey died at 22, a part of me died too.  So, I was inspired eighteen years later to write his true life story, 22 So Young Why Did He Die?

Then when I was diagnosed with a rare thyroid cancer at 41, I really had a desire to write a book about my life, before and after the cancer.

Cancer? Me?? No not me? How could it be?  I never smoked cigarettes-I mean as a kid I pretended to, in order to be cool.  I drank water.  I ate fruits and vegetables.  I worked hard.  I go to church.  I love people.  I am a good person.

I just wanted to run away-go to a beautiful and exotic Island to live the rest of my life in peace.  Who knows how long I have to live?

Then you face reality- you say, okay, I have Cancer,what next?

You tell your husband.  He breaks down real hard.  You both cry hysterically, you hug tightly, holding hands you say, “we can beat this together.”

You tell your family and friends, they are as shocked as you are.  And, the Cancer Journey begins.

First, I will give you my background and a  summary of  my life before Cancer.  Then I will talk about my wonderful friends and family.  And, then you will read about my cancer journey.

  I journalized eight books during the past four years and I wrote them into this story.  It is about the doctor visits, the medical tests, the surgery,  the radiation treatments , and hyperbaric oxygen treatments.

 I reveal my thoughts, my fears and painful episodes.  I  talk about the happy events  that kept me going through it all. 

I sincerely want you, my readers to find hope and inspiration when you read this book.

 I do not complain about my life or my Cancer.  I look forward to every sunrise and sunset and thank God for another day.