February 2009 - Janelle's Blog

I have finished reading an eye-popping book called The Survivors Club. Ben Sherwood, a New York Times bestselling author, tells about extreme stories of survival intertwined with amazing scientific research. He uses the backdrop of his own experiences with U.S. military's elite survival schools and the government's airplane crash evacuation course to passionately relate personally with other survivors. If you want to be held spell-bound by one of the best writers I have read, you'll go for this book.

My observation is that people will encounter tragic situations and events in their lives, whether personally or by their connection with other people. When I was told I had breast cancer, I don't remember one person telling me how to emotionally survive the loss of my breast, my identity as a woman, or my self-image. Had I given my life up to defeat and despair, I would have sat on the side of the road and watched my life and every good thing that could happen in my future pass me by. I chose to join the Survivor's Club.