Cancer - A Positive and Profound Turning Point?

As the Pediatric Cancer Editorial Advisor for Touched by Cancer Magazine, I have been asked to write a column about the positive things that can come out of a cancer diagnosis. Don't get me wrong, I can come up with content for this article all on my own. Although our daughter, Colleen lost her battler, cancer has profoundly and positively changed my life in countless ways. However, my husband Vince reminded me of the numerous people who have made changes in the direction of their lives as a result of Colleen's journey. There is the friend who decided to become a nurse. there is the woman who volunteered as her tutor who returned to teaching, there is the friend who became a published children's book author and my nephew who learned how to play the piano. I know there are others that I haven't mentioned and some I don't even know about.

Did you make a decision in your life as a result of being touched by cancer? Touched by Cancer magazine is distributed to people who currently have cancer and their caregivers. I would love to write a compilation of powerful ways that people have been touched by cancer. Will you help me? Please send me the ways you have been impacted. With your permission, I will include them in the article that I submit on Friday.

~ Till next time, Diane