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PUSHING TO THE FRONT
2. every day take little StepS toWardS tHe dreaM.
I committed to take little steps toward my dream every day, and this
goal has been important in my journey to becoming a doctor. Along
the way, there were times when I went the wrong way and even times
when I fell down. The important thing to remember is that each time I
got out of the groove, I stood back up and continued taking little steps
toward my dream.
With this strategy well in place, I breezed through school. My journey
to becoming a doctor, while sometimes difficult, was never a journey
that I questioned until I actually got into medical school. I had been
accepted to one of the best medical schools in the country. I was so
happy. I remember bonding with the other students over the smell of
formaldehyde as we dissected cadavers and laughing as we looked under
microscopes learning how to tell if the tissue on the slide was brain
or kidney. All of my dreams were in the palm of my hand.
One night I was sitting home with my nose stuck in a big medical book,
just about to doze off. Suddenly the phone rang. It was my dad. He said,
“Sugar, the doctors say your mom has cancer and it is very advanced. .
. . She has two months to live.”
It took my breath away to hear those words. I felt like I had been kicked
in the stomach, and my eyes began to sting with tears. The phone slid
from my hand and hit the floor I heard myself scream, “Why! It is not
fair. NO! Not my mom!” I cried through the night as my heart broke
into a million pieces.
The next morning I had a big decision: go home to care for my mom
or stay in school and follow my dreams. Of course, I left school and
returned home to become daughter and caregiver. I deeply loved my
mom. I remember sitting at her bedside as she said to me, “Sugar, I am
not ready to die.” I took her hand in mine, looked her in the eye, and
said, “Mom, I need you to do one thing for me. I need you to believe
with all of your heart and soul that you will get better, and don’t worry
about anything else.”
3. iF yoU Believe… anytHing iS poSSiBle.
These were hard times. I was devastated at the thought of my mom
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