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Alex:
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On April 15, 2009 my life changed forever.I had Malignant Melanoma. The lymph node was riddled with cancer. I had done enough research at the point to know that meant my chances of survival had just been cut in half. I’m twenty-two years old.

I hate it when people tell me that I’m brave. I think that’s just something people say when they don’t know what to say. I’m not brave, I’m human”

One of my favorite memories is riding my bike down paths that went through the woods and over creeks with my dad and my sister"

My favorite Sunday afternoon thing to do is sit around the fountain in Dupont Circle and listen to the people who come there to play guitar or keyboard

I fight like hell and I make every day count. I do anything and everything the doctors tell me to do. I pray. I live on ice cream and corndogs. I stay up all night with my friend

I don’t know what’s in the cards for tomorrow, but I made the choice today to show cancer who’s boss

I was a fighter before I had cancer
No amount of time would be enough to be okay with saying goodbye ..
The scars will heal and today will be a memory .. or my body will surrender and the life I had will just be a story.  Thank god for the day I have and tell the world I was a survivor before I was in remission