The Stairs That Saved My Life

It was a cold December afternoon in 2008, when I headed out for a smoke behind our building at work. I slipped on the icey first step down and came crashing down on my left side, breaking one of my ribs. This incident, though it seemed trivial at the time, led to the ultimate discovery of my Leukemia. Had I not fallen, I don't know how long it would've taken for me to realize something was wrong inside my body. I've always been a bit clumsy. Most of the time, that fact has resulted in things getting broken, shattered or destroyed. But in this case, my clumsiness saved my life.