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6 Life Lessons to Reflect on During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Life Lesson #2
No matter what, keep living a full life. "After she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Nancy didn't lock herself in a room and hide away from the world for very long," Haag says. "She chose to live with breast cancer. And in our letters and e-mails, she was always telling me about something she was doing: trips to the beach and Europe, visiting family and friends, helping her husband with his business, redecorating the kitchen and so forth. She greeted life's challenges with a lot of spirit." Life Lesson #3
Family and friends are crucial. "Nancy's family and friends showed how prolific and powerful our connections with others can be," Haag says. The final letter in the book, written by her husband, Jason, reads, "I have never seen a tighter family unit than Nancy's parents and siblings ... This has confirmed my faith in family. In addition to our family and friends, I have observed numerous acts of kindness from doctors, nurses and other 'strangers' in our lives. This has confirmed my faith in humanity." Life Lesson #4
Selflessness is key to a rich and happy life. "You'd think that a woman fighting breast cancer and juggling all kinds of other activities in her life wouldn't have time to help anyone else," Haag says. "Not true for Nancy. She never failed to ask me how my family was doing, or how things were going with my business. At one point, she even helped me resolve some shoulder pain I was having. These are small things that we should all do for each other, and Nancy worried about others to the end." 
Life Lesson #5
