Learning to Love&Live Life Through DANCE!

When I was diagnosed with cancer, doctors told my parents it would be good for me to be in an extra-ciricular type activity, however sports was not an options because I was not to be involved in any 'contact' sport or activity...which still holds today. Granted I slip up a little bit with my partner dancing and wrestling with the little kidos here and there, but other than that I really am cautious:) Anyhow, the decision was made that dance was going to be my best outlet. I began dancing at Duke City STARS in Albuquerque, NM when I was 5 years old! It became a place of love, friendship, and comfort for me and my family during that rough time. For me it was a place I could go and forget about my illness and get motivated for life in general. It was another place I felt at 'home' besides the hospital. I lost all my hair from the Chemo-therapy while I attended STARS and it was amazing to watch how all the girls still embraced me as a team member even though I was different! I will be forever grateful! It has impacted me in ways NO ONE will ever be able to grasp:) My teachers/Directors/friends at STARS stuck that whole journey out with us and we were all able to celebrate together when it was done! I strongly believe that I HAD to have cancer in order to find my love of dance, which has stuck with me even today. I don't even want to imagine who I'd be without these many experiences...

Tragedy???...you decide:)

The tragedy i was talking about earlier was being diagnosed with cancer (Wilms Tumor-a cancer that develops in the kidneys) when i was 5 years old. So some people call it a tragedy but i see it as a blessing. I would not be half the person i am today if i had not experienced what i had. Every aspect of the experience taught me lessons and made me stronger as a person [even though, yes, i was the weakest thing known to man at some points of this;)]. I made lots of friends, saw things a lot of people can't say they've seen, met special people, went neat places, lost friends too, but most of all felt the spirit often through blessings and saw the gospel work its miracles one hundred fold. To this day i remember very specific experiences of times i was given blessings and the impact they had on me has kept me going through rough times to come after. I enjoy being able to say I AM A CANCER SURVIVOR and live off of 1/3 of a kidney! It is fun being unique and having something very rare about you! Being a survivor is something every cancer survivor should take great pride in and thank Heavenly Father for every day!

Just a little something about me...

So...I'll just let it be known that i have not ALL OF A SUDDEN become an emotional/compassionate/sensitive person...i've been this way from the start! Hahaha Just a silly fact-when i was a baby, my mom figured out that she could make me cry on demand and make me smile on demand. How you might ask? One day she started to pretend like she was crying when she was playing with me and my happy self burst into tears. She immediately stopped pretending to cry and told me she was okay and happy and I perked right up. However that was not the last time. It became a cruel game my family played with me! Hahaha Kidding, i love them and it just explains a lot about how i am and or why i react to things the way i do:) I love caring for others, no matter what and feeling for them in whatever situation they may be in.

A Child is Born...in Payson, UT :) Yeee-Haah!

I was born on February 23rd, 1989 in a small town called Payson, UT...not to be confused with Payson, AZ. My parents were rather young and couldn't take care of me so my birth mother prayerfully decided to give me up for adoption. I was adopted when I was a few days old so I don't have any recollection of my birth parents, however I would like to meet them some day. Being adopted is probably one he the greatest blessings I could have been given for several reasons, but one being a tragedy that occurred during my young childhood. With out my wonderful parents I have now, it is a wonder if I would even be alive still. Granted I am very strong willed and will push to get what I want, therefore it kept me going but my parents and lots of blessings and prayers, are what I believe to be, the reason I am still on this earth today! I am so grateful!