One could come from less than humble beginnings, to become a winner from within.

David what your mother did to you was wrong. Verry wrong.No child deserves to be treated like that. She's sick.

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

One could come from less than humble beginnings, to become a winner from within.

Build on past successes, be grateful for what you do have, and know that this, too, shall pass. It's only for the now. Whatever we're facing, it's not forever.

I am proud of who you were, David-that hurt person who refused to "die." And I'm more caring, giving, fixing person, the guy with the same sense of humor and that deft, sensitive touch. Good on you, David I love you.

The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will to survive.