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by David Diaz - October 26, 2004

As you reflect on your life thus far, what has someone said, written or expresed in some fashion that is especially meaningful to you? Why?

Sometimes life throws us challenges that are unexpected and scary, as well as obstructive to our goals and dreams. A few years ago my mother became ill concurrent with the dot com bust. She was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer, her third type of cancer, and as a result we lost our house, our income, our security, and life as I had always known it…

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