My journey to Just Creating You began during the lowest part of my life, after surviving a double mastectomy that presented unexpected complications. I had to have two surgeries within a 12 hour period. I had minutes to comprehend what was happening and choices I had to quickly make. I was alone and was not offered any help or services in the hospital. Instead I had to advocate and fight for options I should have just been given. I also experienced survivor's guilt, which further complicated my emotional state. I realized for me there were 4 parts to my recovery which were: emotional, mental, spiritual and physical. Once I began working on each of those parts the reality of what surviving and trauma is helped me to understand what should be available to others during this time.