Anti-Cancer

This is Angie and this past weekend I had the chance to fly to California to be with my mom as she and her siblings went through their parents home. We had a great time there with the Kimballs and on Sunday mom and I started the 14 hour drive home in a 16 foot budget truck, we were quite the pair! As we started our drive we had a good cry (seems to be more frequent these days) when we talked about some less than promising statistics she had ran into, even though Mom is so positive the internet can be a scary place. The next day on our drive we started reading out loud to each other from "Anti-Cancer, a new way of life" by David Servan-Schreiber. It was such a great book, everything was so interesting and made a lot of sense. He described cancer-prone personalities (which fit mom to a t) and gave lots of research to back up all of his claims. He went on to suggest a lot of lifestyle changes that have proven to significantly contribute to the fight with cancer. Among other things Mom is going to be trying to cut out white flour and sugar from her diet, consume organic foods, medidate, and exercise daily. She even says she wants to try to do the 5K when some of the Wahlen women do their Salt Lake City Half Marathon in April. She says she's going to wear a t-shirt that says "I'm fighting the war in My Rack." Still the same joker! It was so encouraging and we both felt so positive and I think Mom feels a renewed sense of hope. I'm so grateful for the chance I had to spend some personal time with my mom, where I was once again reminded of what an amazing women she is and how much we need her in our lives. Hopefully she'll be living "Anti-Cancer" for MANY, MANY years to come!