Book excerpt: "This looks like melanoma, is acting like melanoma, most likely is melanoma" are not the first words you want to hear from an eye doctor you just met, but that was exactly what happened to me. This is my story of how finding a little brown speck in my eye when I was twelve years old changed my life. I am now thirty-four years old and a year ago underwent my second major eye surgery in hopes of saving my eye and my life. I have experienced many trials, but I have also experienced countless miracles. I want this book to not only tell my story and spread hope, but to also help you tell a bit of your own story too. I hope you take the time to answer the questions in this book and reflect on times in your own life that you have had miracles occur, and then perhaps even want to share some of those experiences with others.