COVER STORY
There was a Comma in Her LIfe:
The Story Behind the Book
We live in a time when life seemingly brings us challenges that we are so often not prepared for, and it invades our lives with a vengence. We cannot predict what the outcome will be, nor do we know how we will go through it. The only certainty we have is it will happen. It is called life!
At one of the happiest times in my life, I received a blow that changed it. There was no forewarning, and there was certainly not a team of solutions waiting to assist me with it. I basically had to go in fighting for my life against an enemy who had overtaken so many victims already. Who was I to think that I could battle against it and win? Who was I to think I had the courage to endure it? I was about to meet someone that I did not know existed. I had to come face-to-face with someone that was going to carry me through one of the most horrific challenges of my life. I had to come face-to-face with ME. I had to find out just what I was made of.
Unfortunately, we do not always get to choose our fate, especially those that so grossly affects our lives and our loved ones. If we could, I am sure that we would completely bypass them altogether. Therefore, I believe that God
Article written by Dr. Tunishai Ford
allows situations to bring to the surface our true character, which makes us better human beings.
When I was diagnosed with an insidious disease, I had no idea that it would provoke me to write this saga and the knowledge and life lessons I would learn from it. In fact, I did not even take before-and-after pictures because the last thing on my mind was to write a book. The only thing on my mind was to make it through each day and keep my household running, which was keeping the bills paid and food on the table.
During that time, I found out who my friends were and who was going to support me in my family. I did not care about a reading audience or if I could write a best seller. I was trying to do the hardest thing in my life at that time, and