The Mission Walker: I was given three months to live
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01HAK369Y |
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| Number of Pages | : | 495 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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She went on to graduate from the University of Oklahoma and became one of the first female sales executives at IBM and later a VP for Pacific Telesis. She was diagnosed with stage 4 gallbladder cancer and was given less than three months to live. Edie Littlefield Sundby was born the second youngest of twelve children on an Oklahoma
So when cancer strikes again and again, I walk to stay alive.Life is the greatest adventure there is. It still is, and she continues to walk with it every day.For me, walking is a transcendent physical, emotional, and spiritual experience, like dancing. "If I can move, I am not sick.” That is my alternate reality. But no one had traversed that trail in 250 years.As you will learn in the pages of this book, Edie doesn’t care about what some deem impossible. "The Mission Walker is a marvelous book, a moving meditation on the relationships between courage and faith, endurance and transcendence." Randall Sullivan, Creator, The Miracle Detective, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)"Edie Sundby’s account of her amazing trek along the entirety of the California Mission Trail is not only captivating and inspiring but also one heck of an outdoors adventure." Les Standiford, Author"This powerful story of determination and faith will stay with you forever." Ken Budd Journalist/Author“… a powerful narrative that takes us through the author’s harrowing journeys, inward and outward.” JoBeth McDaniel Journalist/Author"There are parts of this book that I couldn't pull myself away from. It is that spirit that has allowed her to live, despite the odds.With fading strength and only one lung, she walked another 800 miles through the rugged mountains and
About the AuthorEdie Littlefield Sundby was born the second youngest of twelve children on an Oklahoma cotton farm without electricity and running water. She was diagnosed with stage 4 gallbladder cancer and was given less than three months to live. She went on to graduate from the University of Oklahoma and became one of the first female sales executives at IBM and later a VP for Pacific Telesis. Despite 0.9% odds of survival, almost one million milligrams of chemo, and four major surgeries, she is still alive and walking. Her essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
"From the shock of cancer diagnosis to the personal moments of triumph - this is one exciting adventure!" according to Velvet Sunderland. Each person's life is a history of seasons, events, and stories that add up to a book. Edie has done an excellent job in her depiction not only of the intense season of battling cancer, but poignant memories of her childhood, youth, and adulthood that shaped and molded her character of who she has become.I have read this book through 2 times and enjoyed each reading. It is ex. Take these treks with the authorit will increase your own faith This is a marvelous book of courage and hope. The author with diagnosed cancer undertrakes monumental treks. First is one up the California coast following Father Junipero Sierra's trail of missions. The author takes the trek along freeways and railroads from one mission to the other. She then takes the trek along El Camino Real into Mexico. She does all this while battling h. Courage, Faith, and an Amazing Journey It's a funny thing about courage-- it has a malleable nature, and can be applied equally to the mother who lifts a car off of her child or the soldier who who risks his life to save the rest of his unit from enemy fire. Courage is the woman who helped get 2500 Jewish children safe from Nazi-held Poland in WWII, or the 17 year old girl, lone survivor of a plane crash in the wi