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ENTERPRISE, Washington County -- When the diagnosis of brain cancer came for the third time, a Utah teacher turned her talents to writing.
Sometimes life-long dreams really do come true, but sometimes those dreams happen in the midst of life's most difficult challenges.
I feel wonderful. I feel like I can do anything.
–Angel Randall
Battling brain cancer for the third time, Angel Randall receives chemotherapy treatments every two weeks. But her optimism remains strong.
"I feel wonderful," she says. "I feel like I can do anything."
Randall taught first grade at Enterprise Elementary, after having beaten what she thought to be a tumor in May 2004. But in March 2010, she began to experience weakness in her arms.
"It continued to get worse and so I ended up going to the emergency room to get an MRI," she described. "They found the tumor was a grade 4."
Surgery on the tumor later brought paralysis on her right side, which also affected her speech. She underwent acute rehab, but the tumor returned again.
I just want everyone to know that there really are angels around us.
–Angel Randall
Because of her medical issues, Randall had to quit her job. Her family was devastated knowing she had to leave the job she loved. But Randall turned to her love of books and the stories that had been swimming through her mind over the years.
Randall started to write down the stories and sent them to several publishers. Deseret Book editors loved her manuscript of two little girls who got stuck making snow angels. Angels help the girls, and in turn, the girls go throughout the community lending a hand to everyone.
"I just want everyone to know that there really are angels around us," Randall said.
Deseret Book will release "Snow Angels" in September. Angel Randall has already sent six more manuscripts to be reviewed and said the future is as bright as she chooses to make it.
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