The Journey Begins...
Some people think of me as a country girl while others think of me as a city
girl. The truth is I am both. I was born in the bay area and raised in the central
valley. I spent my post adolescent years in Long Beach, California, Hamburg,
Germany, and San Francisco. In many ways I have traveled full circle in my life.
One way I have traveled is through the literal journey of moving from town to
town and another way is documenting my experiences through my journal
writing. I saw this particular journal as a piece of my emotional journey through
ductal carcinoma in situ or DCIS. This narrative is still a work in progress for
me, but I like the raw feel to the words because it may help others to know they
are not alone. I felt an urgency to share this experience with others so that they
would be encouraged to have a healthy attitude and to not be afraid to share their
story. My story takes place in October 2001 where I was in my fourth year of
teaching at South San Francisco High School.