It’s a great feeling to be able to influence and inspire such that people make a change in their life based on our encounter.  I could say this is the reason for blogging about my journey.  Or, with an estimated 1.9M new cancer diagnosis in the US each year, I could say I’m blogging to help educate others.  But the truth is I’m doing this for very selfish, self-centered reasons.

 

Back when I was in school, I would do anything to avoid writing.  Instead of taking the standard English class at UCLA which required 5 papers, I did my English equivalent at Community College over the summer and transferred a pass/no pass grade; this required only 2 papers.  I somehow got waived out of a psychology research class, required for my major, which would have been 5 papers.  But over the years, something has changed.  Writing was no longer a burden.  Maybe it’s because I formed opinions and thoughts, and I’m realizing I want to share these things with my friends!