Rose Murphy poured passion into the heart of the healthcare industry for many years.
"As a nurse, I really walked down those corridors... and I was fast!" Rose said.
Her health was as vibrant as her spirit until the roles reversed.
"You know, my eyes look strange. The color of my eyes looks brown in the whites of my eyes," said Rose.
At 56 years old, Rose would begin to endure a 24-year battle with cancer.
"It was frightening. It was awful. I mean, I'm a nurse. I know what that means. It means you're going to die," said Rose.
She faced pancreatic cancer until another cancer made its way into her life: T-cell lymphoma.
After months of chemotherapy and a stem cell replacement, Rose was cancer-free, but not for good.
"I hate to say it. I started writing her obituary," said Rose's husband, Charlie.
Charlie stuck by Rose's side as she was diagnosed with yet another cancer. This time, leukemia.
Rose says the critical part of her survival was hope.
"You can actually learn hope!" Rose said excitedly.
Her family became the light that guided her through her darkest moments.
Rose is now in remission after battling cancer for a lot of her adult life from age 56 to 80. She wrote about this journey in her book, "Everlasting Rose." You can find that book at Barnes & Noble, and on Amazon online.