Not very many people do—until they’re faced with one.

Confronted at age 35 with Stage III Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Traci Fisher learned a little about eating elephants. Life elephants. In “Wait for the Sun,” she shares her journey following this life-interrupting diagnosis with an endearing and often cheeky perspective. Battling a “good cancer,” enduring chemotherapy and trying to find normalcy alongside the disease, she shares the fumbles and the victories in this every-day-inspiring memoir.

In the throes of early adulthood, married with two young children and amidst all of life’s rigamarole, Traci tells candidly of how humbling and hard a disease can be on one’s humanity and day-to-day life. In a deeply personal way, she shares how her journey with cancer was not only life altering in a physical sense, but how it also forced her to wrangle with her sense of self and all that she thought she knew up to that point. Prejudices about the disease and revealed vanities are softened and nurtured by Traci’s faith in an unwavering Heavenly Father.

Meant to indulge the reader with a hearty dose of laughter and tears amidst a difficult reality, “Wait for the Sun” is Traci’s testament of doing unwanted hard things and the resilience that can emerge. It’s a story about becoming a survivor and the path endured to call oneself that. A path navigated amidst joy and sorrow, drawing one to learn how to embrace both the blessings and the burdens. Recognizing and clinging hard to the silver linings that often run alongside. A rhythm of life, with or without cancer. Traci hopes her story will inspire the reader to see themselves as a survivor as well ♥