Two Lucky Duck's

I was actually playing flag football. I was in a sorority in college and one of my favorite things to do was to play intramural’s with the girls. We would play other sororities and believe it or not, even though it was all supposed to be fun and friendly it could sometimes get a little competitive. And by a little competitive I mean A LOT competitive. I happen to be a fairly athletic sorority girl, as I was a Division 1 soccer player before I joined the sorority, so you can imagine my competitiveness. When I met Coach he was the coach of another sorority’s football team. Being a coach he is also supper competitive but also has an eye for talent and can’t stand to get beat! Well when they played us, I was constantly burning their team and they couldn’t stop me! This ate him up to the point where basically he just made a girl stand next to me the whole time and yell at his girls… “I don’t care what you have to do but DO NOT let her catch or run the ball”. So, it became pretty brutal a...

To say that I am overwhelmed by the love and support people have shown me over the last few days since I posted the picture of the article that Cosmopolitan Magazine published on my story about being diagnosed with lung cancer while in college is an understatement. I am humbled and honored to be able to share a small piece of my story to such a large audience. Say may think or ask, “Taylor was diagnosed with lung cancer 5.5 years ago… why does she continue to talk about her diagnosis?” Well for me the answer is simple. Those of you who know me and who know me well… know that I have spent a lot of time over the last 5.5 years speaking all across the country trying to advocate for lung cancer awareness and working to break the awful stigma that is associated with the disease. The funding for research lags FAR behind other cancers and the 15.5% STAGNANT survival rate hasn’t changed in 40 years since President Nixon declared the war on cancer in 1971. This to me is inexcusable. So, w...