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I AM AWAKE — WRITING CONTEST AT BUHUB
Finding Strength in Purpose and Joy in Gratitude
Willpower, perseverance, and faith drive us to seek brighter days
I AM AWAKE — WRITING CONTEST AT BUHUB
Emy Knazovic has allowed us to share our life’s trials and the backstory of how we persevered to triumph, through offering a writing contest.
We must press on despite the challenges we have gone through or the ones waiting to be tackled. Willpower, perseverance, and hope help us overcome and move forward, despite our setbacks. I’ve learned to look back only when I need to use those experiences as guides and teachers.
At the age of thirty-seven, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. This was one of the most terrifying diagnoses a single parent and young grandparent could ever imagine having to cope with.
A painful throbbing tumor was screened in my right breast. It had been there for years. I was having reproductive organ problems and the cystic…
