Part of my approach to my illness has been to say I want to choose life, I want to keep going, I want to live fully until I die.

I try to make sense of life. I try to keep myself open to people and to laughter and to love and to have faith.

I find that when I am involved in the business of life, when I'm working with people, particularly with children, I feel better. A kind of strength and energy comes with that.

God is present in everything. In the universe in creation, in me and all that happens to me, in my brothers and sisters, in the church - everywhere.

I know that God is using me in ways beyond my comprehension.

Part of my approach to my illness has been to say I want to choose life, I want to keep going, I want to live fully until I die.

God has given me the grace to see some of the seeds that I have sown bear good fruit, and I am so grateful.