“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.”

C.C. Scott

Chapter 1: I’m not done yet.

Where to even start about my life? It’s 2015, I’m 42 years old and I want to celebrate lifting the pension by jumping out of a plane solo. I want to feel the exhilarating rush of wind against my face as the earth rises to meet me.

You see, I just can’t stand a boring mundane life. It has to be filled with adventure and excitement. I must admit though, I would rather pass over the events of these last few years. There was the disastrous marriage; then both my baby girl and I got diagnosed with cancer; she passed, I survived and all the while I was stuck 12,000 miles away from home.

Many people have asked how I survived it all; others have told me that it has happened to me for a reason; some even told me that God loved my baby more. I have no answers, right or wrong. All I do have is my own belief and convictions about the whole thing and what I can do about it.

To paint you a picture of the person I was and who I have become, I need to take you back to the start...