A new beauty pageant in Decatur, Alabama is helping an organization that helps women “fight like a girl.” Jennifer Blatter and her sister, Stephanie Smith, have adopted the platform “Fight Like A Girl” for the Miss Classic American Beauty Pageant’s inaugural year, held June 7-9 at the Center for the …
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Hi everyone, I’m Candice and I would like to inspire you with my story. When I was 2 and half years old, doctors discovered I had Wilms tumor cancer. I was sent to Cape Town Red cross hospital. There, I was diagnosed with stage four cancer and had my kidney …
Read More »Matthew’s Story (Ovarian Cancer)
Your station in life can’t save you once the results have been verified Your mouth goes dry, your nerves are shot, you simply shake, terrified This big bad monster is at the door, no place to run and hide You put all your faith in Jesus and ask God the …
Read More »Lisa’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Myasthenia Gravis, Lupus, Cancer)
Hi! My name is Lisa Douthit. I feel like I have been battling disease my whole adult life. I even wrote a book titled Wellness Warrior – Fighting For Life In Fabulous Shoes to talk about some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way and what worked to help …
Read More »Johnsie’s Fight Like a Girl Story
It’s coming up on the 2nd anniversary of my mothers death, 2 days after my birthday! I truly believe that, even though she had health problems, that she died from a broken heart. Although, my parents had been divorced for 26 years, she still loved my Father! The thing is …
Read More »Spring’s Story (Melanoma)
I was 27 and I was going into the eye doctor for my yearly eye exam. During my check up my Dr told me that I had a detached retina and was concerned. I got a little nervous and he referred me to a retina specialist to check it out further. A couple …
Read More »Medicine and Prayer
During the majority of the modern era, religion and medicine were two things that stood on the opposite sides of a great divide. Religion was for the soul; medicine, for the body. For little over a decade now, medical therapies combining the two have bridged the gap and have been …
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