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> [Shortly before I turned 37 and my older daughter turned 3, I was diagnosed with breast cancer: stage III of IV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/shortly-before-i-turned-37-and-my-older-daughter-turned-3-i-was/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

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## More by Kelly Corrigan

> [“I shift my position on the sofa, so my head is on a big, lumpy pillow in Greenie's lap and Georgia is leanign back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/i-shift-my-position-on-the-sofa-so-my-head-is-on-a-big-lumpy-pillow/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [You have to speak your dream out loud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/you-have-to-speak-your-dream-out-loud/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [And it occurs to me that maybe the reason my mother was so exhausted all the time wasn’t because she was doing so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/and-it-occurs-to-me-that-maybe-the-reason-my-mother-was-so-exhausted/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [The truth is, I'd like to be closer to my kids. I'd like to share more with them. But that's not what this time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/the-truth-is-i-d-like-to-be-closer-to-my-kids-i-d-like-to-share-more/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [“How seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/how-seriously-can-i-take-myself-i-m-just-one-of-six-billion-people/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [“Minds don't rest; they reel and wander and fixate and roll back and reconsider because it's like this, having a mind. Hearts don't idle;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/minds-don-t-rest-they-reel-and-wander-and-fixate-and-roll-back-and/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [Shortly before I turned 37 and my older daughter turned 3, I was diagnosed with breast cancer: stage III of IV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/shortly-before-i-turned-37-and-my-older-daughter-turned-3-i-was/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/he-defined-me-first-as-parents-do-those-early-characterizations-can/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [My readers often say to me, 'If we lived next door to each other, we'd be best friends.' That is precisely what I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/my-readers-often-say-to-me-if-we-lived-next-door-to-each-other-we-d/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [“I try to be one of the exceptional people who can live with the complexity of things, who are at peace with the unknown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/i-try-to-be-one-of-the-exceptional-people-who-can-live-with-the/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [“Like the padre said, life is a mystery to be lived. Live your mystery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/like-the-padre-said-life-is-a-mystery-to-be-lived-live-your-mystery/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [It's clear to you immediately that you can have anything you want when you have cancer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/it-s-clear-to-you-immediately-that-you-can-have-anything-you-want/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [“My default answer to everything is no. As soon as I hear the inflection of inquiry in your voice, the word no forms in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/my-default-answer-to-everything-is-no-as-soon-as-i-hear-the/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [“When you are in pain, and you see someone else in pain, there is really nothing as satisfying as giving them comfort in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/when-you-are-in-pain-and-you-see-someone-else-in-pain-there-is-really/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

> [“At first parenthood was as I had expected, exhausting, sometimes heinous, and occasionally divine. I held my children close enough to feel them breathe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-corrigan/at-first-parenthood-was-as-i-had-expected-exhausting-sometimes/)

[Kelly Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-corrigan/)

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