When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, my dear friend, Laura asked me a very profound question.  She asked me what I had always wanted to do, but never had time for.  WRITE!!  

It didn't even take me 3 seconds to come up with that answer.  It all started with my creative writing teacher in high school.  He really brought out the creativity in me, and showed me the new world of expressing myself through writing.  I vented, cried, described, and celebrated through writing -- poetry, mostly, but I have loved all forms of writing ever since then.

I had a really hard time deciding within my own mind what I wanted to write during this time when I wouldn't be able to teach, and when I wouldn't necessarily have my normal amount of energy.  I considered a novel -- hard to make MY story somebody else's story.  I considered poetry -- not everyone loves poetry (I do, and I will likely include some here and there on my blog).  I will, obviously, blog but I may also write a "How To" book for surviving the trials and tribulations of being diagnosed with breast cancer.

It's taken me a while to get going.  My daughter, Kate, encouraged me to start blogging way back when I had my surgery -- over 2 months ago, now.  I'm not the greatest at technology, so my blog is not fancy or colourful, etc. etc., but I really hope it helps one woman (or her children or her husband or her friends) get through this trying and difficult time.