Hello, I'm here, and I have a wonderful friend who's with me here.

Her name is Patricia, and I'd like to introduce you to her,

because she's going to be able to share with us her story.

She's written a beautiful book, and she's going to share her story about

using journaling and writing as a way of healing.

But I also wanted to take this opportunity to introduce Patricia.

Because Patricia also,

as you can tell, the artist that we talked about in the very beginning of the class

who did the henna treatments, Patricia was her patient.

So I wanted Patricia to show us her beautiful art.

There's her butterfly, here's the infinity sign and it looks beautiful.

You want to tell us a little bit about what that was like?

>> Yeah, I thought it was a wonderful experience.

I think that with cancer there's a lot of ugliness and a lot of fear.

I prefer to sport my head bald and bring some interest to it.

Actually, not only makes me feel creative and okay,

but also I think affects other people,

how they see the bald head and how curious they get.

And instead of just a stare, I get more smiles.

So I think it's a great thing.

>> And your beauty radiates from you.

>> Thank you. >> Which is wonderful.

So we will have Patricia share her story.

So welcome, and we're going to have a wonderful module so you can be inspired.

So you can write, you can journal, and you can tell your story.

So thank you very much for being here with us, and here we go.

Patricia's Introduction