Six is my lucky number

Courtney Dawn Photography

Six years ago today I lost a piece of my body, lost my sense of security.... lost my mobility that would not return until three years later when I saw these screws again outside of my body...

They may look like pieces of torture but they are the things, to put it simply, that saved my life...

Three years after having half my tibia, all of my knee and part of my femur removed and replaced to get rid of the cancer, it came back...

The only way I found out... and would have found out for quite some time without it... was these four pieces of surgical steel...

The tumor just happened to be right underneath where these were... just happened to start pushing them out... just happened to cause me more pain... and I just happened to be in San Francisco interning when I needed surgery from my San Francisco surgeon...

Kind of makes me feel like I am suppose to do something important in life... because all these things don't "just happen"...

So ask yourself this... do you believe in coincidences? Do you believe that things just happen for no reason whatsoever? Or should you open up to the opportunities that come before you? Should you try not to be scared and head to that trip that may take your life in a completely different direction? Should you take risks knowing things may pan out or may not.... knowing that you may hit a dead end but you still tried?

The people I most admire take risks... they put themselves out there and grab on to whatever life has in store for them... I try and emulate them every day with everything I do, reminding myself that it's worth trying because it may be a new avenue in life that is exciting and prosperous...

And if it isn't?? OH WELL! You can say you tried...

Where is this going? You tell me... is it a coincidence you are reading this right now? Or does everything happen for a reason?