50 cancer fighters thrive | spring 2014
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INSPIRATION
Cancer has tried to take my life,
I am living.
Cancer has tried to rob me of love,
I am loving.
Cancer has tried to destroy my smile,
I am smiling.
Cancer has tried to make me weak,
I am strong.
Cancer has tried to compromise my faith,
I am faithful.
Cancer has tried to remove my hope,
I am hopeful.
I am everything cancer does not want me to be,
I am Rhonda.
I Am
By Rhonda Shackleford Ulmer
Rhonda Shackleford Ulmer is a single
mother of three teens and a four-time
liposarcoma survivor. Rhonda loves
photography, traveling and outdoor
adventures. She wrote "I Am" during a
cancer retreat sponsored by the Smith
Center for Healing and the Arts located
in Washington, D.C.
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