Graceful Woman Warrior by Marisa Alegria da Silva

Exploring motherhood, marriage, spirituality and self-discovery, this posthumous memoir is a culmination of a promise made to Terri Luanna da Silva when she whispered to her aunt, "I think I'm dying. I want you to tell people." Forced to take an honest look at her own mortality after a Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, Terri started a blog about her journey. Reeling from the recent death of her mother to cancer, visionary Canadian artist, Jeanne Robinson, Terri asked the big questions in her quest to understand the grace lessons contained in the suffering. Such as: "Why in God's name, or Buddha's or the Universe did cancer strike me down at 37? How do I decide which treatment path to pursue? Who gets to choose? How do I parent my two-year-old through cancer? How do I find the strength to live my truth, go against the grain and chart my own holistic path? How and when do I decide it's time? Time to die…" Taken directly from her blog, co-authors Laurie O'Neil and Terri's daughter, Marisa Alegria da Silva, weave Terri's triumphant and tragic story together, creating a tapestry that not only enlightens, it inspires readers to awaken to their own lives and live and love more vividly, more fully, more fearlessly and more intently.