Yolanda Blackshear

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Yolanda Blackshear
- age: 59
- year of diagnosis: 2010 & 2015
- survivor years: 1 (2x survivor)
- current city: Atlanta, GA
- type of breast cancer: Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma
- profession: 5th grade teacher
- children: 2
About Yolanda
Q&A
- What is your idea of happiness?
- Happiness is being completely content in whatever circumstances that you are in. Happiness is freedom from worries, freedom from stress, and freedom from negativity.
- What is your idea of happiness?
- Happiness is being completely content in whatever circumstances that you are in. Happiness is freedom from worries, freedom from stress, and freedom from negativity.
- What is your biggest fear?
- The loss of health and strength and quality of life is a great fear for me. We often take good health for granted. Your really don’t miss it until you are faced with a debilitating illness which lends you dependent on others for assistance.
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- The people in my world that I have witnessed overcome obstacles in life and handled it with grace and persistence. We all have a story. It is the triumph over the odds that make true real life heroes.
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Dependability. My true friends are the people who follow through with the things that they say that they are going to do.
- Which talent would you most like to have?
- The ability to dance. I can sing but I cannot dance! I would love to be able to dance.
- What is your current state of mind?
- My current state of mind is: INSPIRED. I am stimulated by divine inspiration and the source of this inspiration is my word surrounding me. What doesn’t kill me can only make me stronger.
- What is your most treasured possession?
- My health.
- How do you most like spending your time?
- Surrounding myself with people who love me. The activity really doesn’t matter. I just like sharing and caring and laughing and loving my friends and family.
- What do you most dislike?
- Mean and indifferent people who judge others and make them feel bad.
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