Living Life Loudly

Book excerpt: Victoria is adjusting to life as the mother of twin eight-month-old girls when she receives the news no one wants to hear: she has breast cancer. Suddenly, the new mom and amateur mountain bike racer is confronted with a tidal wave of information and raw emotion. Still reeling from the diagnosis, she is expected to make life-changing decisions about surgery and chemotherapy-all while attempting to process her fear, anxiety, and confusion. But Victoria chooses to battle breast cancer with the same intensity she approaches any of life's speed bumps. Tenacity, humor, a willingness to consider options that aren't doctor recommended, and a strong and committed support group help her hit this largest of speed bumps at full speed. Living Life Loudly chronicles Victoria's fifteen-month fight to ensure her daughters would have a mother to raise them. But it's more than a memoir. Within these pages is a strategy for overcoming life's challenges by jumping boldly into action while injecting joy into all aspects of your life. We are all going to run into our own life-changing speed bumps at least once. Why not be prepared?