“The genuine is rare; the false is everywhere… What is true is seldom found; what is false fills the earth.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“As it turned out, everyone knew that I had cancer. That is, everyone except me.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“We were not mentally prepared for this option. It was overwhelming. What do we tell our boys, how will they react? You have a hundred thoughts racing through your head, and they are all maneuvering for the ability to create clarity amidst the confusion, but they cannot.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“I always felt like it was out of place, kind of like the idea that you're sitting in jail and lean over and ask the guy next to you, "Hey, buddy...What are you in for?" The irony is, most of them ...maybe not all but most wanted to talk. They/we have a story to tell. It is our story of survival ...our story of fighting the great battle and hoping to come through victorious.
-Kyle”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“This was not going to be an easy experience, but let me say this as clearly as I know how; nothing anybody says can prepare you for what lay ahead... nothing. I considered myself a tough human being. I was a soldier. Like, not a "No Limit" soldier or "soldier for life" ...like an actual United States soldier, for crying out loud.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“Some of this is difficult to put into words and almost a little embarrassing, but can we became my identity for 18 months of my life. I didn’t have a conversation with anyone outside of my close circle of family or friends that didn’t revolve around having cancer or treating cancer.
-Kyle”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“If I had to summarize it with one word it would be HOPE. Never lose hope.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“Stephanie is my hero and we battled cancer together. It wasn't ever my victory or even our victory. It was God's victory and he allowed us to share it together.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“She succumbed to the exact same cancer that I had been lucky enough to survive. Could this really be the only aspect of our experience that led to our differing outcomes...luck? My god luck? Her bad luck? Seems unfair, right? Well, it is.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“Terri understood...he had to dig deep, beyond the walls and layers of pain and frustration, and reach into that place that held both vulnerability and power; the place where dreams were real and being cancer free was a reality.”
Source: The Day the Cancer Quit: A True Story of Surviving Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer