The Dispatch recently shared the story of Candy Grant, a breast cancer survivor who was able to realize her dream of being a children's book author after her cancer journey. The article explains how her life has changed since her diagnosis: 

"She has just returned from the Baltimore Book Festival, and the former teacher and Mississippi University for Women graduate is a nominee for the 2015 Ezra Jack Keats Award for Best New Author. It's all light years from Aug. 8, 2008, and the life-altering phone call that brought the news she had cancer."

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