Part of resilience is deciding to make yourself miserable over something that matters, or deciding to make yourself miserable over something that doesn't matter.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child.

I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us.

If I had given up everything that my life was about ... I'd let cancer win before it needed to.

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.