In late December 2002, I decided to go to a doctor about a lump that was growing on my left shin for almost a year. I thought it was just a lump that never went away after hitting my shin on the dashboard of my car while shifting gears. I was wrong. By January 2003, I was meeting with a team of doctors at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance with my family. I was diagnosed with myxofibrosarcoma. This is a soft tissue cancer that usually attacks children and elderly cancer patients. Sarcoma makes up less than 1% of the cancer population so we do not get a lot of funding for research. Back then, the only places I could really find information was through medical journals. This was tough because we didn't have AI to help interpret the medical jargon. I spent hours poring through medical dictionaries and credible sources to try to understand what I could expect. It was not promising. At that time, about 50% of Sarcoma patients were expected to survive. With every recurrence, the percentage of survival was expected to be cut in half. The cancer returned around 3 to 4 times. The last recurrence was around 2008, and the doctors said there was nothing more they could do for me. It was just a wait-and-see situation. I was cancer-free, and by the time I was employed by Intel in January of 2018 and relocated to Oregon, the doctors finally gave me a clean bill of health. On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, I woke up to find the lymph nodes on my neck that have been bothering me for a couple of weeks were swollen to about the size of a golf ball. I called the insurance company to ask them what they advised, and I was told to go to the emergency room. Jeff loaded me up, and what I thought would be a short-day trip turned into a 3-day event at the hospital. I now have lung cancer that has metastasized to my lymph nodes. Also, my left shoulder, spinal T11, vocal cords, and skull are showing cancerous activity. They also see possible breast cancer. This explains the extreme exhaustion I've been experiencing. I thought it was my diet and a lack of exercise. I've been craving salads like crazy. In the meantime, I was working with the horses on a more rigorous schedule because I believed I just needed to be more active. They're doing more tests, and I believe more biopsies are being planned. I now have a cancer team as a part of my care going forward. I guess, maybe it was meant for me not to get gainful employment right now. Intel laid off a large number of employees, and I was one of the first to go. I did volunteer with the hope that my colleagues' jobs would be spared since I felt I had plenty of options for my career direction. University of Portland was where I started my next milestone with a scholarship and grant to get my Bachelor's degree, until we found out that Jeff had lung cancer and went into surgery on November 5th, 2024. I dropped out of college with the assumption I would be able to return, which was something I was considering again until now. Life is funny, isn't it? Well, not like funny ha-ha. It is what it is. I'm grateful to have met so many wonderful people. I'm privileged to have had the opportunity to learn about horsemanship and to meet amazing equestrians who have become a part of my tribe. I'm blessed to have had so many colleagues who became friends who accepted me into their circle of influence. I'm thankful for the career opportunities that taught me about friendship, love, ethics, and humility. This page is to acknowledge that accepting help and support has been very challenging for me. I've learned and grown over the years, and a part of humility is allowing people to love me and help me in the ways they can. I love you all. You are all treasured in ways words cannot express enough. You made this life worth the fight. I'm not done. I will keep fighting. I'm not giving up. This time, I can put my ego aside because we do not have to pretend to be strong. Brene Brown teaches that vulnerability is the pathway to connection. Through horses, I've learned how important that is in our communities. Thank you. Thank you for your love, your friendship, your camaraderie, and your kindness. That has been the greatest gift of all.