A survivor’s story
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Michelle, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, struggles with the changes in her life. In addition to chemotherapy, she pursues various paths in an attempt to find the tools that will help her tap into her inner strength and survive emotionally. She attends the Heal Your Life Conference and self-help book fair and discusses her experience at the conference with her daughter.
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Let me say at the outset that it’s my wife of 17 years, Katie, who is going to Afghanistan. She joined the Navy Reserves right out of high school in 1985 and other than a few years during Law School, she’s been in the whole time. Last year she was promoted to Chief Petty Officer which I have since learned is no small achievement. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew there was a chance she might get mobilized but when it actually happened I was
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