I’m Shelley, a woman and a mother before anything else.
I’ve been living with cancer for many years, and one thing I’ve learned is that life doesn’t stop when it hurts. It keeps moving forward.
So did I.
 

Beyond the physical and emotional toll, I’ve faced deep financial struggles and emotional upheaval. All while trying to live in a country filled with conflict, fear, and constant uncertainty.
I was married for twenty years, and the end of that chapter was painful and heartbreaking. Although, years later, we’re learning how to be friends for the sake of our daughter, the separation and the collapse of our home brought waves of depression and anxiety that made everyday life almost unbearable.
 

And then I lost my father. My compass. My light.
He fought a brutal illness for thirteen years and somehow stayed kind, present, and full of grace throughout. Losing him broke me, but it also woke something up inside me.

I realized I could not keep waiting for life to get easier. I needed to become stronger. And at this point, it was either rise or disappear. As part of that shift, I made a conscious decision not to let hardship control my life. I chose to live alongside the cancer, not beneath it, and to focus on what is still good.

So here I am, starting over. Choosing to rebuild, step by step, with gratitude in my heart and fire in my soul.
 

This is my story.
But more importantly, this is my comeback.
Thank you for walking it with me.