The fellow survivors, the fellow voice-hearers, the comrades and collaborators; the mother who never gave up on me, who knew that one day I would come back to her and was willing to wait for me for as long as it took; the doctor who only worked with me for a brief time but who reinforced his belief that recovery was not only possible but inevitable, and during a devastating period of relapse told my terrified family, "Don't give up hope.
동반 생존자들, 내 말을 들어준 이들, 친구들과 협조자들, 저를 결코 포기하지 않으셨던 어머니, 어머니는 언젠가 제가 그 분에게 돌아올 걸 믿었고 그것이 얼마나 긴 시간이 걸릴지라라도 말이에요. 의사 선생님은 짧은 기간만 저를 치료해 주셨지만 저에게 회복이 가능할 뿐 아니라 꼭 이루어질 거라는 믿음을 주셨고, 충격적이었던 재발 기간동안 두려워하는 제 가족들에게 "희망을 버리지 마세요,