I'M STILL HERE

This is not just another book about surviving breast cancer. It's about living and thriving beyond breast cancer; it's about the blessing -yes the blessing- of breast cancer; it's about choice and healing the body through nature- nutrition along with traditional medical treatment. It's about living a lifestyle, thinking differently and choosing life over death. It's about choosing faith over fear and about trusting what you believe and know. It's about taking charge of the rest of your life, about viewing problems differently, about asking yourself if you are willing to change, especially if your life depended on it. It's about triumphing over trials, and daring to go against the common trends in cancer care and in life. It's about tears of joy and not defeat! It's about LOVE, and divine intervention, and sometimes it's about standing alone, yet knowing that you are not alone, because your very best, most loyal and consistent friend is with you-GOD! It's about ordinary women who let go and let God, women who now share their stories with you, so you too can let go, no matter what the trouble -health or otherwise- in your life! I am not the first to be diagnosed with cancer, and unfortunately, I will not be the last; but for ordinary people like me and the women who shared their stories in this writing, who get the news of cancer, I want them to know that it is not a death sentence but rather a blessing, an opportunity to redirect their energies to better caring for and loving themselves. For me, I could not see it any other way. Yes, cancer kills and it is nothing to take lightly, but what kills us faster is where our minds -our thoughts-take us when the diagnosis is received. Some people receive the news that they have cancer and only a few months to live, yet they remain on the planet for many years after. Others may receive a similar diagnosis and die within days or weeks. What makes the difference? The deciding factor may be their spirit and their thought process: do they think it's over and their life is doomed, or do they think, "Okay, this is a huge challenge, but I want to live a long time, so I must go to work and begin the healing process with a strong team led by God." So, you see, it's not enough just to tell my story and those of the other contributing women, but the intent of this book is to share with you the reader how by doing %u2013not just believing- and living in God's way, keeping him at the forefront of your thoughts and actions, you can have the most powerful and loving life experience. When you understand the connection between God, nature and you and the healing power in that connection, whether your need is emotional, spiritual, mental or physical, you can triumph over tragedy. So, it is with absolute assuredness that I offer this writing, "I'm Still Here: Triumph Over Breast Cancer through Faith and Holistic Healing as sound advice from a power within me and within you that will bring you to the highest time of your life. You simply have to submit!