Surprised by breast cancer, Cheryl Wilfong responds from the depth of her meditation practice, Breast Cancer Meets Mindfulness: Surrendering to Life is the result.

Friends offer worry and chicken soup, fear and support, unwanted advice and helpful suggestions. She exercises to get her endorphins going and takes a clown class, just in case laughter is the best medicine. She deletes sugar from her diet and focuses on the sweetness that everyday life has to offer. She surrenders to life, but she doesn't throw in the towel; she's pro-active in finding various treatments. She focuses on what's important and lets go of what's not important. She keeps discovering her unique and genuinely-Cheryl life.

Cheryl Wilfong teaches mindfulness meditation at Vermont Insight Meditation Center and Northampton Insight. She writes an award-winning blog at themeditativegardener.blogspot.com where she delivers the Dharma into daily life in the garden.