The voice within

I was 48 years old when I suddenly heard a voice tell me, "You're an angel" I answered back, " Me?" What do you mean? The voice told me you are and I did not understand what was happening and I thought I was going crazy but I just accepted the event and didn't think twice about it. I went on my way and went to work like I normally did. I was a secretary working at a busy NYC cancer center and often watched patients get their chemotherapy which was very difficult to watch. I often watched as patients were literally dying from cancer and I did my best to be positive around them. My own father and husband were patients at that cancer center where I worked and I often felt sad seeing them on that chemotherapy chair. Then one night, I had a dream that I was inside a pet scan machine and I woke up horrified. I said, "OMG, please don't let that come true!" I realized it was just a nightmare and I stayed in bed looking up at the ceiling in shock. I just laid in bed and thought about what this dream meant to be. Was it going to really happen? Was this possibly a premonition? I couldn't tell because it was so early at this point. I knew I had to wait for time to pass and the thought of that made me so apprehensive. I had seen so many patients be sick from cancer and I prayed in silence asking God to protect me. I truly felt fear for the first time in my life and I felt my own immortality and again, I felt this dreadful feeling take over me, it was surreal.

Two weeks later, I heard another voice while I was looking at the bathroom mirror and the voice said, "Camilla, you will get breast cancer but you will live through it." I was shocked again and couldn't believe where these voices were coming from! Well two months later, I felt the lump on my breast and I felt the searing pain in my heart. I knew the cancer had arrived.

But I kept it a secret from my family because I didn't want them to know. Turns out that voice was giving me strength. I kept hearing the voice of God tell me that everything would be Ok. I had eight chemotherapy sessions and 35 radiation treatments and to this day, seven years later I am cancer free. I was so happy that I quit my job as a secretary and decided to foster children instead. I was given a little girl named, "Annie and a little boy named, Luis. Annie was the most beautiful little girl and she made me so happy and I realized that quitting my boring day job was the best decision I ever made! I realized that I found my calling and I knew that cancer came from God to change my life and the life of these children. I also started working as a life coach and gave myself the stage name of "Angelic Camilla" because I remembered the voice that I had heard a while ago telling me I was an angel. I guess I was an angel because I took in foster children and decided to help others through my life coaching business.

As a life coach, I address my clients from a standpoint of understanding and wish to give them clarity so that they can live empowered lives and have a life which they can have some form of control and live with joy for the rest of their lives.