Seven years ago today, I went the the ENT expecting to get nasal spray but instead was told I had a tumor in my nasal cavity that had grown into my palate. Every year on my 'cancerversaries,' I try and take a day that wasn't good, and flip the memory by harnessing this day and doing something good with it. So today, I wanted to share with you something I created to help people who are newly diagnosed. Here are "30 Tips for People Newly Diagnosed with Cancer." This is the abbreviated version. The expanded version is available as well. Free PDF's of both versions are available for you HERE.

Please feel free to share this with anyone you know going through cancer. Also, HERE is a link to another free PDF, "25 Ways to Support a Friend with Cancer," available in abbreviated and an expanded version as well. If you or someone you know is walking beside someone right now, feel free to share this with them or print it out for yourself.

As you head back into your day, I invite you to join me to...

pause. breathe. pray.™

May we remember, we cannot control what happens to us but we can control our response to it. May we prayerfully harness our stories, when we are ready, and do what we can to use them to do good and help others who are walking a parallel journey.

With love and hope,
Shawn

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." - Romans 8:28