“Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.”

It was a motto I (mostly) lived by until something wonderful didn’t happen. When I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma-in-situ of the cervix, it hit me hard. Fear took over my life and at every turn I felt blocked. It was like all the wonderful things in my life had been taken away — even my own children. How could I enjoy them when, in my mind, I didn’t have much longer left to live?