I'm not praying for God to save me from cancer. I'm not. God will enlighten me when the time comes. And if I've done the right thing, I will be enlightened. And if I believe, I'll be saved. And that's all he promises me.

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.

My heart goes out to the grieving parents who lost their two-year-old or their newborn.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

I don't expect to get yesterday's medicine. If I can help it, I'd like to get tomorrow's medicine.