The Gift of Brain Cancer

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The Gift of Brain Cancer From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tap into Your Inner Strength By Tom Schumm The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy. ~Eudora Welty In August 2002, I received the greatest gift of my life when I was told that I had terminal brain cancer and would be dead in four to six months. I had been married exactly five months when this happened. My career was going well, my family and friends loved me. I was as happy as I had ever been. So why was this such a great gift? Why? Because I had to face my death. (Keep reading) Read More Buy This Book

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