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Cancer was my lemon. Making a difference is my lemonade. Just sixteen-years-old. President of my Class at Northside High in Columbus, GA. 4.0 GPA. Popular and well-liked. Drumline Captain in the marching band. #1 player on the golf team. Worship leader at St. Luke United...

My Lemon was that doctors told me I would never walk again. My Lemonade is that with the power of God and my positive attitude, I am able to inspire many others with my journey and story. My story begins in 2008. I had been living in Atlanta for 8 years and was caught up in the...

Rare cancers are my lemon. Cycle for Survival is my lemonade. There is no question that cancer can be scary—there’s so much uncertainty, and the physical and emotional challenges after a diagnosis can be completely overwhelming. Even more daunting is having a rare cancer since...

Breast cancer was my lemonade. Mentoring is my lemonade. My breast cancer journey has taken me on another journey of reaching out and mentoring other women who are going through or will go through the breast cancer journey someday. I went in for a routine mammogram on 3/28/13 and...

My fiancé’s severe spinal cord injury and my Parkinson’s are our lemons, and the good Lord’s blessing us with tenacity is our lemonade. We worked long and hard hours in our 20’s and 30’s so we could enjoy the “good life” in our 40’s. Instead, it took a thousand pound wall to fall...

Social anxiety was my lemon. Using technology to gain social comfort was my lemonade. The company I work for was in the process of moving to another city and merging with another company. The company I work for takes very good care of me. They love me. And I love them. Well, when...

Breast cancer was my lemon. Being able to share my story through a campaign in my hometown and having people come up to me saying that they are getting screened because of me is my lemonade. When I was 32 I found a lump in my right breast.  I remember exactly where I was at that...

Our son’s Type 1 Diabetes was our lemon. Discovering and providing him with every management tool possible from the commonly used to the extreme, no matter the cost was our lemonade. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. It’s absolutely true. With life’s lemons, people are...

Breast cancer was my lemon. My life and not allowing the little things to bring me down is my lemonade. In Fall of 2010, at age 42, I went to my scheduled mammogram appointment. The technician said there were three tiny spots in my left breast but they didn’t look like...

Metastatic cancer was my lemon. Embracing and writing about a clean lifestyle is my lemonade. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 31. It came out of left field. There was no family history, and no side effects or signs other than a lump. So my husband told me to go get “one...